overflowing
over·flow·ing/ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/noun, verb
overflowing is spelled O-V-E-R-F-L-O-W-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables (over·flow·ing). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overflowing means “overflow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overflowing is overflowings.
How many letters and syllables are in overflowing?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-F-L-O-W-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: over·flow·ing |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is overflowing?
Overflowing appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 overflowing?
- US /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/
- US /ˌovɚ-/
Overflowing has 3 syllables, split over·flow·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-overflowing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with overflowing?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as overflowing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of overflowing
- overflowings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overflowing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
overflow
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of overflow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overflowing come from?
From overflow + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).