overwriting
noun, verb
overwriting is spelled O-V-E-R-W-R-I-T-I-N-G: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, overwriting means “Something written over something else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of overwriting is overwritings.
How many letters and syllables are in overwriting?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-W-R-I-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st 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 overwriting?
Overwriting appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st 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 overwriting?
Overwriting has 4 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 overwriting
- overwritings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overwriting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something written over something else.
In this case the prosecution ought to have proved as to who was responsible for these alterations or overwritings.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of overwrite
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).