overhung
/ˈoʊvəɹˌhʌŋ/adjective, verb
overhung is spelled O-V-E-R-H-U-N-G: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overhung means “Covered over; ornamented with hangings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overhung?
| Letters | 8: O-V-E-R-H-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is overhung?
Overhung appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 overhung?
- US /ˈoʊvəɹˌhʌŋ/
As a verb: /oʊvəɹˈhʌŋ/.
Overhung 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). Recordings: En-us-overhung.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with overhung?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as overhung (/oʊvəɹhʌŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hungover.
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).
What does overhung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
- 2
Suspended from above or from the top.
an overhung door
- 3
That hangs over; overhanging.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of overhang
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).