# overthink

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #41,797

## Definitions
1. To think about; think over

## Etymology
From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.

## Common misspellings (14)
`oevrthink`, `overhtink`, `overrthink`, `overthhink`, `overthikn`, `overthinkk`, `overthinnk`, `overthnik`, `overtihnk`, `overtthink`, `ovetrhink`, `ovrethink`, `ovverthink`, `voerthink`

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