over and over again
"over-and-over-again" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“over and over again” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Repeatedly; again and again; many times.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | over and over again |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “over and over again” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
over and over again 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.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for over and over again, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is over and over again, spelled O-V-E-R- -A-N-D- -O-V-E-R- -A-G-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Repeatedly; again and again; many times.
Synonyms
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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- The one correct English spelling is O-V-E-R- -A-N-D- -O-V-E-R- -A-G-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.