doll's eye
"doll-s-eye" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doll's eye” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A magnetic indicator in the cockpit that turns white in the event of a problem.
Corpus desk
Index EN-doll-s-eye · doll's eye · English
doll's eye · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | doll's eye |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “doll's eye” in English
Rare enough to double-check
doll's eye is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A magnetic indicator in the cockpit that turns white in the event of a problem.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for doll's eye in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is doll's eye, spelled D-O-L-L-'-S- -E-Y-E.
Definition
- 1A magnetic indicator in the cockpit that turns white in the event of a problem.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doll's eye appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A standard NGL flow sensor at the inlet to the pressure demand regulator operated a doll's eye indicator […]
Eric Bennett showed me around the cockpit and off I went on a familiarization flight and I was very impressed. […] On the right-hand side of the cockpit were two switches and two 'doll's eye' indicators.
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.