easternmost

Name: easternmost, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“easternmost” is uncommon English (frequency #62,113 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,113
frequency rank, English: 18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Farthest east.

Key facts for easternmost
Property	Value
Headword	easternmost
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#62,113
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “easternmost” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). easternmost lands here:

#62,113

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

easternmost is uncommon English at frequency #62,113 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Farthest east.".

No misspelling variants are generated for easternmost in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eastern + -most. The correct English form is easternmost, spelled E-A-S-T-E-R-N-M-O-S-T.

Definition

1
Farthest east.

Etymology

From eastern + -most.

This word in other languages

östlichster(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "easternmost"?

"easternmost" is spelled E-A-S-T-E-R-N-M-O-S-T.

What does "easternmost" mean?

As an adjective, "easternmost" means: Farthest east.

What is the origin of the word "easternmost"?

From eastern + -most. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “easternmost”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is E-A-S-T-E-R-N-M-O-S-T - 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.