overspread
/əʊvəˈspɹɛd/verb
overspread is spelled O-V-E-R-S-P-R-E-A-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, overspread means “To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overspread?
| Letters | 10: O-V-E-R-S-P-R-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is overspread?
Overspread appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 overspread?
- UK /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-overspread.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with overspread?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as overspread from its last stressed vowel (/ɛd/, British pronunciation):
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).
Forms of overspread
- overspreads present, singular, he/she/it
- overspreading participle, present
- o'erspread
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overspread mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
- 2
To be spread or scattered about.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overspread come from?
From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).