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“outgoing” and “outlying” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,207
- “outgoing” frequency rank
- #26,540
- “outlying” frequency rank
- 39747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | outgoing | outlying |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving. | Relatively remote from some central location. |
Letter map: outgoing vs outlying
Shared letters muted; letters that set outgoing and outlying apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Corpus notes: outgoing and outlying
outgoing and outlying are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
outgoing is recorded at frequency rank #13,207, classified as anadj, pronounced /aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ/. outlying is at rank #26,540, tagged as anadj.
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 39747, this pair ranks #273,900 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of outgoing vs outlying
Shared letters: ginotu. Private to "outgoing": -. Private to "outlying": ly.
"outgoing" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVCC · "outlying" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "outgoing" and "outlying" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "outgoing" vs "outlying" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "outgoing" vs "outlying" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "outgoing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "outlying" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,900 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "outgoing" and "outlying" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "outing vs outlying". 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 #273,900 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.