overgaan
The verdict
“overgaan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer, traverser, franchir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-overgaan · overgaan · French
overgaan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | overgaan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
overgaan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for overgaan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is overgaan, spelled O-V-E-R-G-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1Passer, traverser, franchir.
- 2Passer à la classe supérieure, monter de classe.
- 3Marcher, sonner, tinter.
- 4Disparaître, passer.
- 5Passer à, procéder à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how overgaan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
de grens overgaan
de telefoon gaar over
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.