overconfidence
/oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/
"overconfidence" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overconfidence” is uncommon English (frequency #63,124 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,124
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overconfidence · overconfidence · English
overconfidence · rank #63,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,124
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH oriole
Nearest frequency peer: oriole (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “overconfidence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- omicron
omicron
36,883 corpus weight
- Orbison
Orbison
36,881 corpus weight
- oriole
oriole
36,880 corpus weight
- overconfide…
overconfidence
36,877 corpus weight
- patois
patois
36,870 corpus weight
- paywall
paywall
36,869 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “overconfidence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overconfidence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #63,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “overconfidence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
overconfidence is uncommon English at frequency #63,124 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for overconfidence in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + confidence. The correct English form is overconfidence, spelled O-V-E-R-C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overconfidence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My case is, as I have told you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence.
Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.
Etymology
From over- + confidence.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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