outstanding
out·stan·ding/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/adjective, verb
outstanding is spelled O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G, 3 syllables: out·stan·ding. The wrong spelling people search most is oustanding: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 50 of all searches for the word. Outstanding is an adjective meaning “Prominent or noticeable; sovereign”.
How many letters and syllables are in outstanding?
| Letters | 11: O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: out·stan·ding |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,992nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, oustanding, about 60 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell outstanding?
Outstanding is spelled O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 50 of the searches for outstanding in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is outstanding?
Outstanding appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd 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 outstanding?
- US /ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
- Canada /ˌʌʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
- Australia /ˌæɔtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
Outstanding has 3 syllables, split out·stan·ding in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-outstanding.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with outstanding?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as outstanding from its last stressed vowel (/ændɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of outstanding
- more outstanding comparative
- most outstanding superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outstanding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.
- 2
Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
- 3
Projecting outwards.
- 4
Unresolved; not settled or finished.
I have several outstanding tasks on my to-do list.
- 5
Owed as a debt.
You must pay any outstanding corporate card balance immediately.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of outstand
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Outstanding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exceptionnel, remarquable , hors pair , saillant |
| German | herausragend, hervorstechend, hervorragend , ausgezeichnet , überstehend |
| Portuguese | excepcional, extraordinário, destacado |
| Spanish | destacado, sobresaliente, descollante , distinguido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does outstanding come from?
From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).