outsider

\awt.saj.dœʁ\

/\awt.saj.dœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“outsider” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,512
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui appartient par son activité à un groupe social, culturel ou professionnel donné sans généralement se mêler à lui, soit par tempérament, soit parce qu'on l'exclut.

Corpus desk

Index FR-outsider · outsider · French

outsider · rank #32,512 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,512
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH panther

Nearest frequency peer: panther (+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 « outsider »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « outsider » 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).

outsider vs outsiders
89% similar
outsider vs outside
88% similar

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

Key facts for outsider
PropertyValue
Headwordoutsider
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\awt.saj.dœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,512
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « outsider »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).outsiderse 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 « panther » (#32,513), « osons » (#32,510), « ors » (#32,509). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « outsider » est au #32,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around outsider (IPA \awt.saj.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,512 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 outsider, with forms such as "otusider", "oustider", and "outisder". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "outsiders", "outside", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is outsider, spelled O-U-T-S-I-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui appartient par son activité à un groupe social, culturel ou professionnel donné sans généralement se mêler à lui, soit par tempérament, soit parce qu'on l'exclut.
  2. 2
    Personne qui ne s'inscrit pas dans les principales activités matérielles d'une société.
  3. 3
    Dans une course hippique, cheval qui affiche une cote élevée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Al Ruddy était un outsider, à qui l’on a confié ce qui est devenu le plus grand film de tous les temps, se réjouit Nikki Toscano, la productrice de la minisérie.
  2. L’outsider (le poète, l'artiste, le philosophe) a en outre un rôle essentiel à jouer dans la culture bourgeoise. Il est comme une sentinelle qui lui rappelle les plus hautes valeurs de la culture qu'elle tend à oublier et a négliger par complaisance et par paresse intellectuelle.

Synonyms

marginal

Antonyms

insider

This word in other languages

underdog(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otusider
  • oustider
  • outisder
  • outsdier
  • outsidder
  • outsiderr
  • outsidre
  • outsiedr
  • outssider
  • outtsider
  • uotsider

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of outsider - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otusider2oustider2outisder2outsdier2outsidder1outsiderr1outsidre2outsiedr2
Edit distance from "outsider"

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 "outsider"?
"outsider" is spelled O-U-T-S-I-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \awt.saj.dœʁ\.
What does "outsider" mean?
As a noun, "outsider" means: Personne qui appartient par son activité à un groupe social, culturel ou professionnel donné sans généralement se mêler à lui, soit par tempérament, soit parce qu'on l'exclut.
What words are commonly confused with "outsider"?
"outsider" is commonly confused with "outsiders", "outside". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "outsider"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "outsider" is \awt.saj.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "outsider" come from?
"outsider" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

parodies#32,515parquets#32,516notoires#32,503perdront#32,523

Similar misspelling depth

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

panther11 variantsoccasionné11 variantspercent11 variantsperches11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list