brim over
"brim-over" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brim over” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-brim-over · brim over · English
brim over · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | brim over |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brim over” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brim over is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
brim over has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is brim over, spelled B-R-I-M- -O-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
- 2To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
- 3To be bustlingly full of something
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brim over appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.
Flowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song.
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.