outrepasser
\u.tʁə.pa.se\
The verdict
“outrepasser” is uncommon French (frequency #53,529 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,529
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller au-delà de ; dépasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-outrepasser · outrepasser · French
outrepasser · rank #53,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,529
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Ouellette
Nearest frequency peer: Ouellette (-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 « outrepasser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- orthopédie
orthopédie
46,474 corpus weight
- Ouellette
Ouellette
46,473 corpus weight
- outrepasser
outrepasser
46,472 corpus weight
- paieraient
paieraient
46,471 corpus weight
- paillasse
paillasse
46,470 corpus weight
- Palermo
Palermo
46,469 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « outrepasser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outrepasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.tʁə.pa.se\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « outrepasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
outrepasser is uncommon French at frequency #53,529 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \u.tʁə.pa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for outrepasser, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is outrepasser, spelled O-U-T-R-E-P-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aller au-delà de ; dépasser.
- 2Sortir des limites d’un rôle, d’une fonction.
- 3Passer outre, ne pas tenir compte de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outrepasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À ce premier dîner, comme à ceux qui suivirent, elle me parut une jeune fille bien élevée, sans affectation, habituellement silencieuse, qui, quand elle parlait, disait en bons termes ce qu’elle avait à dire, mais qui n’outrepassait jamais cette ligne-là…
Le grand-père Amédée qui outrepassait la nonantaine.
Synonyms
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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