outstay
verb
outstay is spelled O-U-T-S-T-A-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, outstay means “To stay beyond or longer than” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in outstay?
| Letters | 7: O-U-T-S-T-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is outstay?
Outstay appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 outstay?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-outstay.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of outstay
- outstays present, singular, he/she/it
- outstaying participle, present
- outstayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outstay mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To stay beyond or longer than.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does outstay come from?
From out- + stay.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).