overdose
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/
"overdose" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overdose” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,576
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overdose · overdose · English
overdose · rank #13,576 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,576
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH outraged
Nearest frequency peer: outraged (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “overdose”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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orchard
86,428 corpus weight
- organizer
organizer
86,427 corpus weight
- outraged
outraged
86,426 corpus weight
- overdose
overdose
86,425 corpus weight
- Pamela
Pamela
86,424 corpus weight
- paragraphs
paragraphs
86,423 corpus weight
What this shows “overdose” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overdose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “overdose”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around overdose (IPA /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,576 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for overdose, with forms such as "oevrdose", "ovedrose", and "overddose". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "overdue", "overuse", "overdo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + dose. The correct English form is overdose, spelled O-V-E-R-D-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overdose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to die of a heroin overdose
It works for a while, but when Spider-Man maneuvers him ouside the hospital room where Harry is recovering from his overdose, some part of the Goblin's brain that's still the loving father surfaces, drives him unconscious, and when next he wakes up, all memory of his being a super-villain is conveniently wiped clean.
Etymology
From over- + dose.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oevrdose
- ovedrose
- overddose
- overdoes
- overdosse
- overdsoe
- overodse
- overrdose
- ovredose
- ovverdose
- voerdose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of overdose - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).