overburdened
adjective, verb
overburdened is spelled O-V-E-R-B-U-R-D-E-N-E-D: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overburdened means “Excessively burdened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overburdened?
| Letters | 12: O-V-E-R-B-U-R-D-E-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd 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 overburdened?
Overburdened appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 overburdened?
Overburdened 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 overburdened
- more overburdened comparative
- most overburdened superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overburdened mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Excessively burdened
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of overburden
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overburdened in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having an excessive number of tasks to complete:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | sobrecarregado |
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.