Easter Bunny
/ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/
"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
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 | Easter Bunny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Easter Bunny” in English
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
- 1A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Easter Bunny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An Easter Bunny Party
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
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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.