overfitting
noun, verb
overfitting is spelled O-V-E-R-F-I-T-T-I-N-G: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overfitting means “The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overfitting is overfittings.
How many letters and syllables are in overfitting?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-F-I-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 overfitting?
Overfitting appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 overfitting
- overfittings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overfitting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails to fit new data.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of overfit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overfitting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense action:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surajustement, surapprentissage |
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.