outrances
\u.tʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“outrances” is uncommon French (frequency #65,377 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,377
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de outrance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-outrances · outrances · French
outrances · rank #65,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,377
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ouche
Nearest frequency peer: ouche (-1 rank slots)
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 neighbourhood for “outrances”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- orphan
orphan
34,628 corpus weight
- osés
osés
34,626 corpus weight
- ouche
ouche
34,625 corpus weight
- outrances
outrances
34,624 corpus weight
- ovin
ovin
34,623 corpus weight
- palau
palau
34,621 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “outrances” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outrances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.tʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “outrances” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
outrances is uncommon French at frequency #65,377 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.tʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de outrance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for outrances, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is outrances, spelled O-U-T-R-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de outrance.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.