mouseover
noun
mouseover is spelled M-O-U-S-E-O-V-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mouseover means “The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mouseover is mouseovers.
How many letters and syllables are in mouseover?
| Letters | 9: M-O-U-S-E-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is mouseover?
Mouseover appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 mouseover?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-mouseover.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mouseover
- mouseovers plural
- mouse-over
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mouseover mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mouseover come from?
From mouse + over.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).