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“eight” and “eighty” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,016
- “eight” frequency rank
- #10,356
- “eighty” frequency rank
- 11372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eight | eighty |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. | The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80. |
Where the eye mixes eight and eighty
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: eight vs eighty
A purely visual mix-up. eight (/eɪt/) and eighty (/ˈeɪ.ti/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “eight” sits inside “eighty”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eight is recorded at frequency rank #1,016, classified as anum, pronounced /eɪt/. eighty is at rank #10,356, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈeɪ.ti/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 11372, this pair ranks #487,420 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of eight vs eighty
Shared letters: eghit. Private to "eight": -. Private to "eighty": y.
"eight" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC · "eighty" · 6 letters · shape VVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "eight" and "eighty" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "eight" or "eighty" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "eight" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eighty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #487,420 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eight" and "eighty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eight vs Enright". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #487,420 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.