outlandish
out·land·ish/ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/adjective
outlandish is spelled O-U-T-L-A-N-D-I-S-H: 10 letters and 3 syllables (out·land·ish). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, outlandish means “Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in outlandish?
| Letters | 10: O-U-T-L-A-N-D-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: out·land·ish |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is outlandish?
Outlandish appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce outlandish?
- UK /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
- UK [ˌaʊ̯t-]
- US /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
Outlandish has 3 syllables, split out·land·ish in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-outlandish.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-outlandish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with outlandish?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as outlandish from its last stressed vowel (/ændɪʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of outlandish
- more outlandish comparative
- most outlandish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outlandish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
archaicOf or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
- 2
Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar.
- 3
Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange.
The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
- 4
derogatoryOf a place: far away from where most people are located; in the middle of nowhere, out of the way, remote.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA foreign language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Outlandish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | fremdartig, ausländisch , haarsträubend, seltsam, sonderbar |
| Portuguese | estrangeiro, forasteiro , bizarro, estranho, insólito |
| French | bizarre, étrange, insolite |
| Spanish | abracadabrante, descabellado, disparatado, estrafalario, estrambótico, extravagante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does outlandish come from?
The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old English ūtlendisċ (“foreign; strange, outlandish”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtlandisk, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz, from *ūtlandą (“(adjective) alien, foreign; relating to outlying land; (noun) foreign land; outlying land”) + *-iskaz (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘characteristic of; pertaining to’).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).