bleary-eyed
"bleary-eyed" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bleary-eyed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bleary-eyed · bleary-eyed · English
bleary-eyed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | bleary-eyed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bleary-eyed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bleary-eyed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bleary-eyed in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bleary + eyed. The correct English form is bleary-eyed, spelled B-L-E-A-R-Y---E-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bleary-eyed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
Bleary-eyed walkers prepared their kit for the final mountain, while the onboard crew fed and watered them, boosting people's energy levels for the last challenge.
Etymology
From bleary + eyed.
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.