out there
"out-there" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“out there” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extreme; radical; far removed from the ordinary; crazy, nutty, loony.
Corpus desk
Index EN-out-there · out there · English
out there · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | out there |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “out there” in English
Rare enough to double-check
out there is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extreme; radical; far removed from the ordinary; crazy, nutty, loony.".
Zero misspellings are on record for out there in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: out + there The correct English form is out there, spelled O-U-T- -T-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Extreme; radical; far removed from the ordinary; crazy, nutty, loony.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how out there appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I like the ideas Melissa came up with, but Brad's ideas were just out there.
The president failing to acknowledge the numerous side-effects linked to covid restrictions just shows how out there he is.
Etymology
out + there
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.