earphone
/ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/
"earphone" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“earphone” is uncommon English (frequency #53,511 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,511
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-earphone · earphone · English
earphone · rank #53,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,511
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH EAP
Nearest frequency peer: EAP (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “earphone”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dramatics
dramatics
46,495 corpus weight
- Dunaway
Dunaway
46,493 corpus weight
- EAP
EAP
46,491 corpus weight
- earphone
earphone
46,490 corpus weight
- Eastleigh
Eastleigh
46,489 corpus weight
- egged
egged
46,487 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “earphone” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | earphone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “earphone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
earphone is uncommon English at frequency #53,511 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.".
Zero misspellings are on record for earphone in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ear + phone. The correct English form is earphone, spelled E-A-R-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
Etymology
From ear + phone.
This word in other languages
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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