# overt

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/ · frequency rank #19,408

## Definitions
1. Open and not concealed or secret.
2. Disclosed.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **overtly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overt-vs-overtly)
- **Overton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overt-vs-overton)
- **over** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/over-vs-overt)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oven-vs-overt)
- **omer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omer-vs-overt)
- **Oder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oder-vs-overt)
- **opera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/opera-vs-overt)
- **ovary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-overt)
- **overly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overly-vs-overt)
- **overdo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overdo-vs-overt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oevrt`, `overrt`, `overtt`, `ovetr`, `ovret`, `ovvert`, `voert`

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