outshone
/aʊtˈʃɒn/
"outshone" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outshone” is uncommon English (frequency #86,605 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,605
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of outshine
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outshone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /aʊtˈʃɒn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “outshone” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
outshone is uncommon English at frequency #86,605 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /aʊtˈʃɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of outshine".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for outshone, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is outshone, spelled O-U-T-S-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of outshine
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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Using “outshone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-U-T-S-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aʊtˈʃɒn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.