Easter Bunny
/ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/
"easter-bunny" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Easter Bunny” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
| 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) |
Where “Easter Bunny” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Easter Bunny is 12 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “Easter Bunny”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-A-S-T-E-R- -B-U-N-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.