outdid
/aʊtˈdɪd/
"outdid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outdid” is uncommon English (frequency #58,909 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,909
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of outdo
Corpus desk
Index EN-outdid · outdid · English
outdid · rank #58,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,909
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH outsold
Nearest frequency peer: outsold (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “outdid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Orla
Orla
41,094 corpus weight
- outdid
outdid
41,092 corpus weight
- outsold
outsold
41,091 corpus weight
- overcharging
overcharging
41,090 corpus weight
- overexpress…
overexpression
41,089 corpus weight
- overshot
overshot
41,088 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outdid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outdid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /aʊtˈdɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outdid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outdid is uncommon English at frequency #58,909 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /aʊtˈdɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of outdo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for outdid in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is outdid, spelled O-U-T-D-I-D.
Definition
- 1simple past of outdo
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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