outscore
"outscore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outscore” is uncommon English (frequency #86,604 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,604
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To score more than.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outscore · outscore · English
outscore · rank #86,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,604
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH outshone
Nearest frequency peer: outshone (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “outscore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oppositely
oppositely
13,403 corpus weight
- orogeny
orogeny
13,400 corpus weight
- orthostatic
orthostatic
13,399 corpus weight
- outscore
outscore
13,397 corpus weight
- outshone
outshone
13,396 corpus weight
- pada
pada
13,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “outscore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outscore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “outscore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
outscore is uncommon English at frequency #86,604 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To score more than.".
outscore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From out- + score. The correct English form is outscore, spelled O-U-T-S-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1To score more than.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outscore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hollande is another possible candidate to succeed President Jacques Chirac - but Royal consistently outscores him in opinion polls.
But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.
Etymology
From out- + score.
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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