overbalance
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/verb, noun
overbalance is spelled O-V-E-R-B-A-L-A-N-C-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, overbalance means “To be more important than; to outweigh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overbalance?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-B-A-L-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 overbalance?
Overbalance appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 overbalance?
- /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/
As a noun (“Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent”): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-overbalance-v.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-overbalance-n.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-overbalance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of overbalance
- overbalances present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- overbalancing participle, present
- overbalanced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overbalance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To be more important than; to outweigh.
I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.
- 2
To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
- 3
To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
- 4
To lose one's balance; to fall over.
noun
- 1
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
an overbalance of exports
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overbalance come from?
From over- + balance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).