Outreau

\u.tʁo\

/\u.tʁo\/ name

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The verdict

“Outreau” is uncommon French (frequency #51,018 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,018
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-outreau · Outreau · French

Outreau · rank #51,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,018
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH outdoor

Nearest frequency peer: outdoor (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Outreau »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Outreau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Outreau
PropertyValue
HeadwordOutreau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\u.tʁo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,018
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Outreau » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Outreautombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « outdoor » (#51,017), « paddock » (#51,019), « ostéoporose » (#51,015). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « Outreau » est au #51,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Outreau is uncommon French at frequency #51,018 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \u.tʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Outreau has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Outreau, spelled O-U-T-R-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je viens d’Outreau.
  2. Je me rends à Outreau.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Outreau"?
"Outreau" is spelled O-U-T-R-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \u.tʁo\.
What does "Outreau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Outreau" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
How do you pronounce "Outreau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Outreau" is \u.tʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Outreau" come from?
"Outreau" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

outdoor#51,017paddock#51,019Ossétie#51,013néonazi#51,001

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list