hyperfocus
noun, verb
hyperfocus is a noun meaning “An intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses the consciousness on a narrow subject” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-F-O-C-U-S, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hyperfocus mean?
noun
- 1
An intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses the consciousness on a narrow subject.
verb
- 1
To focus intensely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperfocus
- hyperfocuses present, singular, he/she/it
- hyperfocusses present, singular, he/she/it
- hyperfocusing participle, present
- hyperfocussing participle, present
- hyperfocused participle, past
- hyperfocussed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperfocus?
Hyperfocus appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperfocus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense intense form of mental concentration:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | hiperfoco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperfocus come from?
From hyper- + focus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).