overfit
verb
overfit is spelled O-V-E-R-F-I-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, overfit means “To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample, leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overfit?
| Letters | 7: O-V-E-R-F-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th 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 overfit?
Overfit appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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).
Forms of overfit
- overfits present, singular, he/she/it
- overfitting participle, present
- overfitted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overfit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample, leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overfit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense statistics: to use a statistical model that has too many parameters:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surinterpréter |
| German | überanpassen |
| Portuguese | sobreajustar |
| Spanish | sobreajustar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does overfit come from?
From over- + fit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).