outrepasse

\u.tʁə.pas\

/\u.tʁə.pas\/ noun

The verdict

“outrepasse” is uncommon French (frequency #74,254 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,254
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abattis que l’adjudicataire d’une coupe de bois fait au-delà des limites qui lui ont été marquées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-outrepasse · outrepasse · French

outrepasse · rank #74,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,254
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ottignies

Nearest frequency peer: Ottignies (-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 « outrepasse »

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 « outrepasse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for outrepasse
PropertyValue
Headwordoutrepasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u.tʁə.pas\
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « outrepasse » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Ottignies » (#74,253), « Ouvrard » (#74,255), « ouvrirons » (#74,256). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « outrepasse » est au #74,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

outrepasse is uncommon French at frequency #74,254 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.tʁə.pas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abattis que l’adjudicataire d’une coupe de bois fait au-delà des limites qui lui ont été marquées.".

Zero misspellings are on record for outrepasse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

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 French form is outrepasse, spelled O-U-T-R-E-P-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abattis que l’adjudicataire d’une coupe de bois fait au-delà des limites qui lui ont été marquées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La loi contient des dispositions relatives aux outrepasses.

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 "outrepasse"?
"outrepasse" is spelled O-U-T-R-E-P-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \u.tʁə.pas\.
What does "outrepasse" mean?
As a noun, "outrepasse" means: Abattis que l’adjudicataire d’une coupe de bois fait au-delà des limites qui lui ont été marquées.
How do you pronounce "outrepasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "outrepasse" is \u.tʁə.pas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list