overplayed
adjective, verb
overplayed is spelled O-V-E-R-P-L-A-Y-E-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overplayed means “Played too frequently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overplayed?
| Letters | 10: O-V-E-R-P-L-A-Y-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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 overplayed?
Overplayed appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 overplayed?
Overplayed 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 overplayed
- more overplayed comparative
- most overplayed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overplayed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Played too frequently.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of overplay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate overplayed?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of overplayed: OP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overplayed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense To overdo or overact one's effect or role:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | abgespielt |
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.