overbook
verb
overbook is spelled O-V-E-R-B-O-O-K: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, overbook means “To sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overbook?
| Letters | 8: O-V-E-R-B-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is overbook?
Overbook appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 overbook?
Overbook has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of overbook
- overbooks present, singular, he/she/it
- overbooking participle, present
- overbooked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overbook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overbook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to sell inexistant seats:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | overbooker |
| Portuguese | superlotar |
| Spanish | overbuquear, sobrevender, sobrellenar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does overbook come from?
From over- + book.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).