overconfidence
/oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/
"overconfidence" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overconfidence” is an uncommon English word, ranked #63,124 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,124
- frequency rank, English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence.
| 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) |
Where “overconfidence” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for overconfidence is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,124 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “overconfidence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-V-E-R-C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.