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outright

/aʊtˈɹaɪt/adverb, adjective, verb

outright is spelled O-U-T-R-I-G-H-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, outright means “Wholly; completely; entirely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in outright?

Letters8: O-U-T-R-I-G-H-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th 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 outright?

Outright appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 outright?

  • /aʊtˈɹaɪt/

As an adjective (“Unqualified and unreserved”): /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/.

Outright has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-outright_(adv).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-outright.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of outright

  • outrights present, singular, he/she/it
  • outrighting participle, present
  • outrighted participle, past

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

What does outright mean?

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

adverb

  1. 1

    Wholly; completely; entirely.

    I refute those allegations outright.

  2. 2

    Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.

    I have just responded outright to that question.

  3. 3

    At once.

    Two people died outright and one more later.

  4. 4

    With no outstanding conditions.

    I have bought the house outright.

  5. 5

    informalBlatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.

    That was an outright stupid thing to say.

adjective

  1. 1

    Unqualified and unreserved.

    I demand an outright apology.

  2. 2

    Total or complete.

    We achieved outright domination.

  3. 3

    Having no outstanding conditions.

    I made an outright purchase of the house.

verb

  1. 1

    To release a player outright, without conditions.

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

Outright in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcomplètement, totalement (wholly), ouvertement (openly), immédiatement, sur le coup, sur-le-champ (at once)
Germangänzlich, ganz und gar, vollständig, komplett, total, rundweg (wholly)
Portuguesecompletamente (wholly), abertamente (openly), indiscutivelmente, claramente, inegavelmente, sem dúvida (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously)
Spanishpor completo, de plano, plenamente (wholly), abiertamente (openly), inmediatamente (at once), rotundamente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously)

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 outright come from?

From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.

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

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