overbooking
noun, verb
overbooking is spelled O-V-E-R-B-O-O-K-I-N-G: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overbooking means “An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overbooking is overbookings.
How many letters and syllables are in overbooking?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-B-O-O-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th 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 overbooking?
Overbooking appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 overbooking?
Overbooking has 4 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 overbooking
- overbookings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overbooking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of overbook
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overbooking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense selling more seats than are available:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surréservation, surbooking |
| German | Überbuchung |
| Spanish | sobreventa |
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.