outrer
\u.tʁe\
The verdict
“outrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter les choses au-delà de la juste raison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-outrer · outrer · French
outrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | outrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « outrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
outrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \u.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for outrer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 outrer, spelled O-U-T-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Porter les choses au-delà de la juste raison.
- 2Exagérer.
- 3Offenser quelqu’un gravement, pousser sa patience à bout.
- 4S’offenser gravement.
- 5Pousser un cheval au-delà de ses forces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how outrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…, et les pointes de ses bottines, outrant la mode ridicule du temps, se relevaient de manière qu’il lui fallait les attacher, non pas à ses genoux, mais à sa ceinture, ….
Tout alla bien jusqu’à ce qu’un certain alguazil outrant le zèle (suivant les uns, parce qu’il était nouvellement en fonctions, — suivant d’autres, parce qu’il était amoureux d’une femme qui lui préférait le majo), s’avisa de vouloir arrêter cet homme aimable.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.