outgroup
"outgroup" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outgroup” is uncommon English (frequency #72,624 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,624
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outgroup · outgroup · English
outgroup · rank #72,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,624
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Otsego
Nearest frequency peer: Otsego (-2 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 “outgroup”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oswestry
Oswestry
27,381 corpus weight
- Otsego
Otsego
27,379 corpus weight
- outgroup
outgroup
27,377 corpus weight
- overexposure
overexposure
27,375 corpus weight
- overspend
overspend
27,374 corpus weight
- Pahang
Pahang
27,372 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outgroup” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outgroup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outgroup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outgroup is uncommon English at frequency #72,624 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
outgroup has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From out- + group. The correct English form is outgroup, spelled O-U-T-G-R-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
- 2In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outgroup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This dissertation promises to correct for this theoretical deficit by formulating, elaborating, and ultimately testing a group-based moral emotions account in which white Americans’ moral appraisals of and attitudes towards racial/ethnic outgroups are considerably influenced by those of and towards fellow whites. […] On the basis of the insights from inte…
A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
Etymology
From out- + group.
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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