overflight
noun
overflight is spelled O-V-E-R-F-L-I-G-H-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overflight means “The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overflight is overflights.
How many letters and syllables are in overflight?
| Letters | 10: O-V-E-R-F-L-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is overflight?
Overflight appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 overflight?
Overflight has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of overflight
- overflights plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overflight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate overflight?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of overflight: ABO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overflight in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flight over a place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | sobrevuelo |
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 overflight come from?
From over- + flight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).