outrival
"outrival" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outrival” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To outperform; to outdo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outrival · outrival · English
outrival · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outrival |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outrival” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outrival is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To outperform; to outdo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for outrival, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From out- + rival. The correct English form is outrival, spelled O-U-T-R-I-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1To outperform; to outdo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how outrival appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day.
Etymology
From out- + rival.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.