outgrew
/aʊtˈɡɹuː/
"outgrew" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outgrew” is uncommon English (frequency #55,626 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,626
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of outgrow
Corpus desk
Index EN-outgrew · outgrew · English
outgrew · rank #55,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,626
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH OTL
Nearest frequency peer: OTL (-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 “outgrew”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oligocene
Oligocene
44,379 corpus weight
- OTL
OTL
44,376 corpus weight
- outgrew
outgrew
44,375 corpus weight
- overconfide…
overconfident
44,374 corpus weight
- palmas
palmas
44,373 corpus weight
- paralleling
paralleling
44,371 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outgrew” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outgrew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /aʊtˈɡɹuː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outgrew” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outgrew is uncommon English at frequency #55,626 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /aʊtˈɡɹuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of outgrow".
Zero misspellings are on record for outgrew in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is outgrew, spelled O-U-T-G-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1simple past of outgrow
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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