outgrowing
"outgrowing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outgrowing” is uncommon English (frequency #79,829 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,829
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That which grows outward; outgrowth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outgrowing · outgrowing · English
outgrowing · rank #79,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,829
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Otley
Nearest frequency peer: Otley (-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 “outgrowing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- orn
orn
20,175 corpus weight
- Otley
Otley
20,173 corpus weight
- outgrowing
outgrowing
20,172 corpus weight
- outputting
outputting
20,171 corpus weight
- oversubscri…
oversubscribed
20,168 corpus weight
- pails
pails
20,166 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outgrowing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outgrowing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outgrowing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outgrowing is uncommon English at frequency #79,829 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
outgrowing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is outgrowing, spelled O-U-T-G-R-O-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That which grows outward; outgrowth.
- 2The supply and purchase arrangement engaged in by an outgrower.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how outgrowing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That which but yesterday seemed laudable and proper in my past life, I to-day feel to have been nothing but the outgrowings of a proud heart and perverted mind.
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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