overregulation
noun
overregulation is spelled O-V-E-R-R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overregulation means “Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overregulation is overregulations.
How many letters and syllables are in overregulation?
| Letters | 14: O-V-E-R-R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th 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 overregulation?
Overregulation appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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 overregulation?
Overregulation has 6 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 overregulation
- overregulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overregulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overregulation come from?
From over- + regulation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).