# overall

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl/ · frequency rank #1,348

## Definitions
1. All-encompassing, all around.

## Etymology
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).

## Easily confused with
- **overly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overall-vs-overly)
- **overtly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overall-vs-overtly)
- **overhaul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overall-vs-overhaul)
- **overalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overall-vs-overalls)
- **overkill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overall-vs-overkill)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oevrall`, `ovearll`, `overal`, `overlal`, `overrall`, `ovreall`, `ovverall`, `voerall`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overall