over and over
"over-and-over" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“over and over” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Repeatedly; again and again; many times.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | over and over |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “over and over” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
over and over is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Repeatedly; again and again; many times.".
over and over doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is over and over, spelled O-V-E-R- -A-N-D- -O-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Repeatedly; again and again; many times.
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.
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Using “over and over”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-V-E-R- -A-N-D- -O-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.