overemphasis
noun
overemphasis is spelled O-V-E-R-E-M-P-H-A-S-I-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overemphasis means “Excessive emphasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overemphasis is overemphases.
How many letters and syllables are in overemphasis?
| Letters | 12: O-V-E-R-E-M-P-H-A-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is overemphasis?
Overemphasis appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 overemphasis?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-overemphasis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of overemphasis
- overemphases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overemphasis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Excessive emphasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overemphasis come from?
From over- + emphasis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).