# overseas

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/ · frequency rank #4,396

## Definitions
1. Abroad, especially across the sea.
2. Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
3. Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.

## Etymology
From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea + -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.

## Easily confused with
- **oversee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overseas-vs-oversee)
- **oversees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overseas-vs-oversees)
- **overseen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overseas-vs-overseen)
- **overseer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overseas-vs-overseer)
- **oversaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oversaw-vs-overseas)
- **overhead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overhead-vs-overseas)
- **overheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overheat-vs-overseas)
- **overhear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overhear-vs-overseas)

## Common misspellings (11)
`oevrseas`, `overesas`, `overrseas`, `oversaes`, `overseass`, `oversesa`, `oversseas`, `ovesreas`, `ovreseas`, `ovverseas`, `voerseas`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overseas