overlong
adjective, adverb
overlong is spelled O-V-E-R-L-O-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overlong means “Too long; overly long” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overlong?
| Letters | 8: O-V-E-R-L-O-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th 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 overlong?
Overlong appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 overlong?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-overlong.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of overlong
- over-long
- more overlong comparative
- most overlong superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overlong mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Too long; overly long.
adverb
- 1
Too long, for an excessively long time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overlong come from?
From over- + long.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).