outta
/ˈaʊtə/
"outta" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“outta” sits in 11 confusable pairs (corpus #6,079) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,079
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Out of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-outta · outta · English
outta · rank #6,079 · 4 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,079
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH pine
Nearest frequency peer: pine (+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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “outta”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- ore
ore
93,925 corpus weight
- OS
OS
93,924 corpus weight
- outta
outta
93,922 corpus weight
- pine
pine
93,921 corpus weight
- polls
polls
93,920 corpus weight
- poorly
poorly
93,919 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “outta” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | /ˈaʊtə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “outta”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for outta is neighbouring look-alikes ("out", "OTT", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced /ˈaʊtə/. Frequency #6,079 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Out of.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for outta, with forms such as "otuta", "outa", and "outat". 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 also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "out", "OTT", "Ota", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is outta, spelled O-U-T-T-A.
Definition
- 1Out of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm outta here!
If you're reading this... get the hell outta this place! Now!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otuta
- outa
- outat
- uotta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "outta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).