outdated
/aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/adjective, verb
outdated is spelled O-U-T-D-A-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, outdated means “Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in outdated?
| Letters | 8: O-U-T-D-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is outdated?
Outdated appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce outdated?
- /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/
Outdated has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-outdated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of outdated
- more outdated comparative
- most outdated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outdated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.
His outdated wordprocessing software could not read the files I sent.
- 2
Out of date; not the latest; obsolete.
Your version of the document is outdated.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of outdate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Outdated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | daté, dépassé, obsolète, périmé, suranné, vieilli |
| German | veraltet, überholt |
| Portuguese | obsoleto, ultrapassado , desatualizado |
| Spanish | desactualizado, perimido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does outdated come from?
From outdate + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).