eam
/ˈiːm/
"eam" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eam” is an uncommon English word, ranked #63,578 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,578
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uncle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːm/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eam” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for eam is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈiːm/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,578 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Uncle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for eam in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (… The correct English form is eam, spelled E-A-M.
Definition
- 1Uncle.
Etymology
From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “eam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.