overt
/oʊˈvɚt/adjective, noun
overt is spelled O-V-E-R-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overt means “Open and not concealed or secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overt?
| Letters | 5: O-V-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is overt?
Overt appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 overt?
- UK /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/
- UK /ˈə(ʊ)ˌvɜːt/
- US /oʊˈvɚt/
Overt has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-overt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with overt?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as overt from its last stressed vowel (/əɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: voter, trove.
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 overt
- overts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Open and not concealed or secret.
- 2
Disclosed.
noun
- 1
An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Overt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense open and not concealed or secret:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | offen, offenkundig, explizit, öffentlich |
| Spanish | descubierto, al aire libre, explícito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does overt come from?
From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).