overthought
o·ver·thought/ˌoʊ.vɚˈθɔt/noun, verb
overthought is spelled O-V-E-R-T-H-O-U-G-H-T: 11 letters and 3 syllables (o·ver·thought). It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overthought means “Excessive thought or thinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overthought is overthoughts.
How many letters and syllables are in overthought?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-T-H-O-U-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: o·ver·thought |
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 overthought?
Overthought appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 overthought?
- UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈθɔːt/
- UK /ˈəʊ.və.θɔːt/
- US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈθɔt/
Overthought has 3 syllables, split o·ver·thought in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-overthought.wav, En-us-overthought.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with overthought?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as overthought from its last stressed vowel (/ɔt/):
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 overthought
- overthoughts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overthought mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Excessive thought or thinking
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of overthink
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overthought come from?
From over- + thought.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).