outlying
"outlying" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outlying” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,540
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatively remote from some central location.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outlying · outlying · English
outlying · rank #26,540 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,540
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH outlandish
Nearest frequency peer: outlandish (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “outlying”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Orson
Orson
73,464 corpus weight
- outlandish
outlandish
73,462 corpus weight
- outlying
outlying
73,461 corpus weight
- oxidative
oxidative
73,460 corpus weight
- pacifist
pacifist
73,459 corpus weight
- Pacquiao
Pacquiao
73,458 corpus weight
What this shows “outlying” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outlying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “outlying”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around outlying, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,540 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for outlying, with forms such as "otulying", "oultying", and "outliyng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "outing", "outline", "outgoing", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing. The correct English form is outlying, spelled O-U-T-L-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Relatively remote from some central location.
- 2Located outside of some boundary or limit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outlying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an…
Etymology
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otulying
- oultying
- outliyng
- outllying
- outlyign
- outlyingg
- outlyinng
- outlynig
- outlyying
- outtlying
- outyling
- uotlying
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outlying - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "outlying", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).