oversubscribed
"oversubscribed" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oversubscribed” is uncommon English (frequency #79,833 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,833
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oversubscribed · oversubscribed · English
oversubscribed · rank #79,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,833
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH pails
Nearest frequency peer: pails (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “oversubscribed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Otley
Otley
20,173 corpus weight
- outgrowing
outgrowing
20,172 corpus weight
- outputting
outputting
20,171 corpus weight
- oversubscri…
oversubscribed
20,168 corpus weight
- pails
pails
20,166 corpus weight
- pano
pano
20,164 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oversubscribed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oversubscribed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #79,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oversubscribed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oversubscribed is uncommon English at frequency #79,833 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.".
Zero misspellings are on record for oversubscribed in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is oversubscribed, spelled O-V-E-R-S-U-B-S-C-R-I-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oversubscribed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So the Swetmans were grateful to get an appointment at a temporary free clinic for their latest two puppies, even if there were no slots left in the oversubscribed five-day program for their eight older unspayed females.
QBE Insurance Group will sell about $115 million of new shares to its retail investors, after scaling back the oversubscribed purchase plan.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).