outskirts

Name: outskirts, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈaʊtskɝts/

//ˈaʊtskɝts// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“outskirts” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,775
frequency rank, English: 1,431
“O” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

Corpus desk

Index EN-outskirts · outskirts · English

outskirts · rank #13,775 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,775
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 1,431
PHOTO-FINISH outsiders

Nearest frequency peer: outsiders (-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.

oppressed

86,230
Osaka

86,229
ouch

86,228
outsiders

86,227
outskirts

86,226
overlapping

86,225

What this shows “outskirts” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for outskirts
Property	Value
Headword	outskirts
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈaʊtskɝts/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#13,775
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “outskirts”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).outskirtslands here:

#13,775

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “outsiders” (#13,774), “overlapping” (#13,776), “ouch” (#13,773). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “outskirts” is #13,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around outskirts (IPA /ˈaʊtskɝts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,775 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for outskirts, with forms such as "otuskirts", "oustkirts", and "outksirts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From out- + skirts. The correct English form is outskirts, spelled O-U-T-S-K-I-R-T-S.

Definition

1
The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how outskirts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.
The village borders on the Hakka district of Wanluan on the southeastern outskirts of Chaozhou, and its temple is modest in size, with a front and rear chamber and two larger temporary extensions front and side. Yet its members (unaware of similarly named temples in Pingdong as well as Donggang) insist that it is the City God of the county of Pingdong.

Etymology

From out- + skirts.

This word in other languages

afueras(Español)banlieue(Français)Stadtrand(Deutsch)periferia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

otuskirts
oustkirts
outksirts
outsikrts
outskirrts
outskirst
outskirtss
outskirtts
outskitrs
outskkirts
outskrits
outsskirts
outtskirts
uotskirts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outskirts - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "outskirts"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "outskirts"?

"outskirts" is spelled O-U-T-S-K-I-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈaʊtskɝts/.

What does "outskirts" mean?

As a noun, "outskirts" means: The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

What are common misspellings of "outskirts"?

Common misspellings include "otuskirts", "oustkirts", "outksirts", "outsikrts", "outskirrts". The correct spelling is "outskirts".

How do you pronounce "outskirts"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "outskirts" is /ˈaʊtskɝts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "outskirts"?

From out- + skirts. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "outskirts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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