overhasty
"overhasty" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overhasty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Too hasty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-overhasty · overhasty · English
overhasty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overhasty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “overhasty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
overhasty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Too hasty.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for overhasty, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From over- + hasty. The correct English form is overhasty, spelled O-V-E-R-H-A-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Too hasty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overhasty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I realized that I had been overhasty in selecting a dance partner when my toes were trodden on yet again.
He denounces in the most impressive language that overhasty and most dangerous practice of resorting to manual or instrumental interference, before the os uteri and other soft parts are duly dilated.
Etymology
From over- + hasty.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.