overage
/ˈəʊvəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/
"overage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overage” is uncommon English (frequency #65,374 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,374
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overage · overage · English
overage · rank #65,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH overabundance
Nearest frequency peer: overabundance (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “overage”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Orozco
Orozco
34,632 corpus weight
- outwith
outwith
34,629 corpus weight
- overabundan…
overabundance
34,628 corpus weight
- overage
overage
34,627 corpus weight
- Owain
Owain
34,625 corpus weight
- PaaS
PaaS
34,624 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “overage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈəʊvəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “overage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
overage is uncommon English at frequency #65,374 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈəʊvəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
overage has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + age. The correct English form is overage, spelled O-V-E-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
- 2Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
Etymology
From over- + age.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).