moreover
more·over/moɹˈoʊ.vɚ/adverb
moreover is spelled M-O-R-E-O-V-E-R, 2 syllables: more·over. The wrong spelling people search most is morover: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 120 of all searches for the word. Moreover is an adverb meaning “In addition to what has been said”.
How many letters and syllables are in moreover?
| Letters | 8: M-O-R-E-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: more·over |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, morover, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell moreover?
Moreover is spelled M-O-R-E-O-V-E-R. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 121 of the searches for moreover in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is moreover?
Moreover appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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).
How do you pronounce moreover?
- UK /mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/
- US /moɹˈoʊ.vɚ/
- Australia /moːˈɹəʉ.və/
Moreover has 2 syllables, split more·over in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-moreover.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with moreover?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as moreover from its last stressed vowel (/oʊvəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of moreover
- moreo'er
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moreover mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In addition to what has been said.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moreover in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in addition to what has been said:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | de plus, en plus, au surplus, en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît |
| German | außerdem, überdies, des Weiteren, obendrein |
| Portuguese | ademais, além disso, demais |
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 moreover come from?
Inherited from Middle English moreover, moreovere, morover, mooreover, more-overe, mare over, equivalent to more + over.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).