# outerwear

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,945

## Definitions
1. Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.
2. Clothing (such as a raincoat) worn over one's clothes when outdoors.

## Etymology
From outer + -wear.

## Common misspellings (12)
`otuerwear`, `ouetrwear`, `outerewar`, `outerrwear`, `outerwaer`, `outerwearr`, `outerwera`, `outerwwear`, `outewrear`, `outrewear`, `outterwear`, `uoterwear`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/outerwear