Which to use
“outage” is a noun and “outraged” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,727
- “outage” frequency rank
- #13,575
- “outraged” frequency rank
- 34302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | outage | outraged |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply. | simple past and past participle of outrage. |
Letter map: outage vs outraged
Shared letters muted; letters that set outage and outraged apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. outage runs 6 letters (VVCVCV) against outraged's 8 (VVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for outage / outraged
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: outage is anoun and outragedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
outage is recorded at frequency rank #20,727, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/. outraged is at rank #13,575, tagged as averb.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34302, this pair ranks #321,978 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of outage vs outraged
Shared letters: aegotu. Private to "outage": -. Private to "outraged": dr.
"outage" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "outraged" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "outage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "outraged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,978 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "outage" and "outraged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Otago vs outage". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #321,978 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.