over

adj

The verdict

“over” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,327
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - excessivo

Corpus desk

Index PT-over · over · Portuguese

over · rank #6,327 · 5 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,327
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH obrigatório

Nearest frequency peer: obrigatório (-2 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “over”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “over” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

over vs ovo
50% similar
over vs ovos
50% similar
over vs or
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for over
PropertyValue
Headwordover
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,327
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “over”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.overcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “obrigatório” (#6,325), “pato” (#6,330), “planalto” (#6,331). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “over” fica em #6,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around over, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,327 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for over, with forms such as "oevr", "overr", and "ovre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ovo", "ovos", "or", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is over, spelled O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    excessivo
  2. 2
    comportamentalmente excedente ao normal para o bom estar dos demais

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how over appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Muito detalhezinho, tira um pouco de cor, está muito over.
  2. Chega vai, está muito over, menos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oevr
  • overr
  • ovre
  • ovver
  • voer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of over - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oevr2overr1ovre2ovver1voer2
Edit distance from "over"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "over"?
"over" is spelled O-V-E-R.
What does "over" mean?
As an adjective, "over" means: excessivo
What words are commonly confused with "over"?
"over" is commonly confused with "ovo", "ovos", "or". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "over" come from?
"over" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "over", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list