Easter Bunny

/ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/

//ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni// name

"easter-bunny" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Easter Bunny” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.

Corpus desk

Index EN-easter-bunny · Easter Bunny · English

Easter Bunny · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Easter Bunny
PropertyValue
HeadwordEaster Bunny
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Easter Bunny” in English

Easter Bunnyfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Easter Bunny is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Easter Bunny, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Easter + bunny, calque of German Osterhase (literally “Easter hare”). The correct English form is Easter Bunny, spelled E-A-S-T-E-R- -B-U-N-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Easter Bunny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An Easter Bunny Party
  2. One day the old Easter Bunny looked out of his winter covert and Said to his Bunny-wife, who was busy coloring Easter eggs, “It is high time we set out to look for the Easter Lily.”

Etymology

From Easter + bunny, calque of German Osterhase (literally “Easter hare”).

Synonyms

Easter Rabbit

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Easter Bunny"?
"Easter Bunny" is spelled E-A-S-T-E-R- -B-U-N-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/.
What does "Easter Bunny" mean?
As a proper noun, "Easter Bunny" means: A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
How do you pronounce "Easter Bunny"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Easter Bunny" is /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Easter Bunny"?
From Easter + bunny, calque of German Osterhase (literally “Easter hare”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list