outgunned
"outgunned" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outgunned” is uncommon English (frequency #53,751 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,751
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having insufficient guns compared to the enemy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outgunned · outgunned · English
outgunned · rank #53,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,751
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Ouse
Nearest frequency peer: Ouse (-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 “outgunned”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oriel
oriel
46,254 corpus weight
- osmotic
osmotic
46,252 corpus weight
- Ouse
Ouse
46,251 corpus weight
- outgunned
outgunned
46,250 corpus weight
- overcharge
overcharge
46,247 corpus weight
- overhauls
overhauls
46,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outgunned” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outgunned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outgunned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outgunned is uncommon English at frequency #53,751 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for outgunned in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is outgunned, spelled O-U-T-G-U-N-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having insufficient guns compared to the enemy.
- 2Up against formidable adverse circumstances or (especially) adversarial forces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outgunned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The fighters were hugely outgunned by the regular army.
The opposite is true, said Dulcie Flaherty, executive director of the Montgomery County Lands Trust: "We are very outgunned. We need to have funding […]
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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