overconfident
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
"overconfident" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overconfident” is uncommon English (frequency #55,627 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,627
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Too confident.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overconfident · overconfident · English
overconfident · rank #55,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,627
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH outgrew
Nearest frequency peer: outgrew (-1 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 “overconfident”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oligocene
Oligocene
44,379 corpus weight
- OTL
OTL
44,376 corpus weight
- outgrew
outgrew
44,375 corpus weight
- overconfide…
overconfident
44,374 corpus weight
- palmas
palmas
44,373 corpus weight
- paralleling
paralleling
44,371 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “overconfident” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overconfident |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “overconfident” in English
Rare enough to double-check
overconfident is uncommon English at frequency #55,627 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for overconfident in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + confident. The correct English form is overconfident, spelled O-V-E-R-C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Too confident.
- 2Too confident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overconfident appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident.
By propagating a "reality distortion field"—that is, mesmerizing potential employees, investors, and strategic partners so they focus on a startup's world-changing potential rather than on its real-world risks—overconfident and charismatic founders in particular are able to persuade people to commit resources under terms favorable to their new venture.
Etymology
From over- + confident.
This word in other languages
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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