look over
"look-over" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“look 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 quickly check, to give a brief or cursory visual inspection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-look-over · look over · English
look over · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | look over |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “look over” in English
Rare enough to double-check
look over is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for look over in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is look over, spelled L-O-O-K- -O-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1To quickly check, to give a brief or cursory visual inspection.
- 2To move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something).
- 3To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.
- 4Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how look over appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.