outsize
noun, adjective, verb
outsize is spelled O-U-T-S-I-Z-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, outsize means “An unusually large garment size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of outsize is outsizes.
How many letters and syllables are in outsize?
| Letters | 7: O-U-T-S-I-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 outsize?
Outsize appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 outsize?
Outsize 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).
Forms of outsize
- outsizes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- outsizing participle, present
- outsized participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outsize mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unusually large garment size.
adjective
- 1
Of an unusually large size .
- 2
Unintuitively or unexpectedly large.
Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.
verb
- 1
To exceed in size.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate outsize?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of outsize: OS.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does outsize come from?
From out- + size.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).