overstatement
"overstatement" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“overstatement” is uncommon English (frequency #53,756 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,756
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overstatement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “overstatement” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
overstatement is uncommon English at frequency #53,756 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for overstatement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From overstate + -ment or over- + statement. The correct English form is overstatement, spelled O-V-E-R-S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
- 2The tendency to overstate.
Etymology
From overstate + -ment or over- + statement.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “overstatement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-V-E-R-S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.