overfed
"overfed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overfed” is uncommon English (frequency #97,399 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,399
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overfed · overfed · English
overfed · rank #97,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,399
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH oversteer
Nearest frequency peer: oversteer (+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 “overfed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ostrom
Ostrom
2,609 corpus weight
- othering
othering
2,607 corpus weight
- overfed
overfed
2,602 corpus weight
- oversteer
oversteer
2,601 corpus weight
- pacesetter
pacesetter
2,597 corpus weight
- PageRank
PageRank
2,596 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “overfed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overfed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “overfed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
overfed is uncommon English at frequency #97,399 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.".
overfed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + fed. The correct English form is overfed, spelled O-V-E-R-F-E-D.
Definition
- 1Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overfed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He allowed his ‘boy’—an overfed young negro from the coast—to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence.
Was this stupid system, so cruel, so crushing, and producing at the top such absurd results as flashy, insolent autos and silly palaces and overfed, overdressed women, and dogs in jeweled collars, and babies of wealth brought up by low menials—was this system really the best?
Etymology
From over- + fed.
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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