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outmaneuver

verb

outmaneuver is spelled O-U-T-M-A-N-E-U-V-E-R: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, outmaneuver means “American standard spelling of outmanoeuvre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in outmaneuver?

Letters11: O-U-T-M-A-N-E-U-V-E-R
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is outmaneuver?

Outmaneuver appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 outmaneuver?

    Outmaneuver has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of outmaneuver

    • outmaneuvers present, singular, he/she/it
    • outmaneuvering participle, present
    • outmaneuvered participle, past

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does outmaneuver mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    verb

    1. 1

      American standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does outmaneuver come from?

    From out- + maneuver.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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