outraged

verb

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"outraged" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“outraged” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,575
frequency rank, English
1,431
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of outrage.

Corpus desk

Index EN-outraged · outraged · English

outraged · rank #13,575 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,575
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH organizer

Nearest frequency peer: organizer (-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 “outraged”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “outraged” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

outraged vs outage
75% similar
outraged vs outrage
88% similar
outraged vs outdated
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for outraged
PropertyValue
Headwordoutraged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,575
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “outraged”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).outragedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “organizer” (#13,574), “overdose” (#13,576), “orchard” (#13,573). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “outraged” is #13,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around outraged, averb. Corpus frequency is #13,575 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of outrage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for outraged, with forms such as "oturaged", "ourtaged", and "outarged". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "outage", "outrage", "outdated", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is outraged, spelled O-U-T-R-A-G-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of outrage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how outraged appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The accused's stubborn silence outraged the prosecutor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturaged
  • ourtaged
  • outarged
  • outraegd
  • outragde
  • outragedd
  • outragged
  • outrgaed
  • outrraged
  • outtraged
  • uotraged

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outraged - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oturaged2ourtaged2outarged2outraegd2outragde2outragedd1outragged1outrgaed2
Edit distance from "outraged"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "outraged"?
"outraged" is spelled O-U-T-R-A-G-E-D.
What does "outraged" mean?
As a verb, "outraged" means: simple past and past participle of outrage.
What words are commonly confused with "outraged"?
"outraged" is commonly confused with "outage", "outrage", "outdated". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "outraged" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "outraged", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

overdose#13,576nominate#13,569piercing#13,584pounding#13,587

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

orchard11 variantsmastery11 variantsJamaican11 variantssecrecy11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list