outrecuidance
\u.tʁə.kɥi.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“outrecuidance” is uncommon French (frequency #61,758 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,758
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confiance excessive en soi ; orgueil, présomption.
Corpus desk
Index FR-outrecuidance · outrecuidance · French
outrecuidance · rank #61,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,758
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Otaku
Nearest frequency peer: Otaku (-2 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 « outrecuidance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- orthophonie
orthophonie
38,248 corpus weight
- Orval
Orval
38,247 corpus weight
- Otaku
Otaku
38,245 corpus weight
- outrecuidan…
outrecuidance
38,243 corpus weight
- Palois
Palois
38,239 corpus weight
- paléontolog…
paléontologues
38,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « outrecuidance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outrecuidance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.tʁə.kɥi.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « outrecuidance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
outrecuidance is uncommon French at frequency #61,758 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.tʁə.kɥi.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for outrecuidance in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is outrecuidance, spelled O-U-T-R-E-C-U-I-D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Confiance excessive en soi ; orgueil, présomption.
- 2Désinvolture impertinente envers autrui ; audace, effronterie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outrecuidance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ceci est une grande imprudence, ou bien une outrecuidance rare, dit sévèrement le Cœur-Loyal.
Pouvons-nous sans folle outrecuidance croire que l’avenir ne nous jugera pas comme nous jugeons le passé ?
This word in other languages
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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