overtrain
verb
overtrain is spelled O-V-E-R-T-R-A-I-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, overtrain means “To train too much or too long” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overtrain?
| Letters | 9: O-V-E-R-T-R-A-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is overtrain?
Overtrain appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 overtrain?
Overtrain has 3 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).
Forms of overtrain
- overtrains present, singular, he/she/it
- overtraining participle, present
- overtrained participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overtrain mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To train too much or too long.
Jim overtrained and found that he was exhausted by the time of the competition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overtrain come from?
From over- + train.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).