outremer

\u.tʁə.mɛʁ\

/\u.tʁə.mɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“outremer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,467
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - France d’outre-mer, c’est-à-dire l’ensemble des territoires sous souveraineté française situés hors du continent européen, et listés à l’article 72-3 de la Constitution française. → voir DOM-TOM

Corpus desk

Index FR-outremer · outremer · French

outremer · rank #29,467 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,467
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orgues

Nearest frequency peer: orgues (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « outremer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « outremer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

outremer vs outrée
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for outremer
PropertyValue
Headwordoutremer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u.tʁə.mɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,467
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « outremer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).outremerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « orgues » (#29,466), « Orban » (#29,465), « parades » (#29,469). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « outremer » est au #29,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around outremer (IPA \u.tʁə.mɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,467 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for outremer, with forms such as "oturemer", "ourtemer", and "outermer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "outrée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is outremer, spelled O-U-T-R-E-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    France d’outre-mer, c’est-à-dire l’ensemble des territoires sous souveraineté française situés hors du continent européen, et listés à l’article 72-3 de la Constitution française. → voir DOM-TOM
  2. 2
    Pigment bleu obtenu en broyant finement des cristaux de lazurite.
  3. 3
    Couleur bleu soutenu. #2B009A

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Christiane Taubira « n’a jamais souhaité s’inscrire » dans le débat sur les demandes de « compensation financière » de l’esclavage, réitérées par le CRAN [Conseil représentatif des associations noires] cette semaine, mais prône en revanche une « politique foncière » pour les descendants d’esclaves en outremer.
  2. Si tu peux te résoudre à quitter ton logis, Où l’or et l’outremer brillent sur les lambris

This word in other languages

ultramarine(English)lapislázuli(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oturemer
  • ourtemer
  • outermer
  • outreemr
  • outremerr
  • outremmer
  • outremre
  • outrmeer
  • outrremer
  • outtremer
  • uotremer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outremer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oturemer2ourtemer2outermer2outreemr2outremerr1outremmer1outremre2outrmeer2
Edit distance from "outremer"

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 "outremer"?
"outremer" is spelled O-U-T-R-E-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \u.tʁə.mɛʁ\.
What does "outremer" mean?
As a noun, "outremer" means: France d’outre-mer, c’est-à-dire l’ensemble des territoires sous souveraineté française situés hors du continent européen, et listés à l’article 72-3 de la Constitution française. → voir DOM-TOM
What words are commonly confused with "outremer"?
"outremer" is commonly confused with "outrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "outremer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "outremer" is \u.tʁə.mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "outremer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Parizeau#29,471obtenait#29,461neutrons#29,459peignoir#29,476

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

populace11 variantsMiquelon11 variantsprosper11 variantsprovoqua11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list