# eatery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈiːtəɹi/ · frequency rank #37,900

## Definitions
1. A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

## Etymology
From eat + -ery.

## Easily confused with
- **every** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-every)
- **enter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-enter)
- **entry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-entry)
- **emery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-emery)
- **ester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-ester)
- **enters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eatery-vs-enters)
- **eaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eatery)
- **eager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eager-vs-eatery)
- **eater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eater-vs-eatery)
- **Easter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easter-vs-eatery)
- **eastern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eastern-vs-eatery)
- **eagerly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eagerly-vs-eatery)
- **easterly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easterly-vs-eatery)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aetery`, `eaetry`, `eaterry`, `eateryy`, `eateyr`, `eatrey`, `eattery`, `etaery`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eatery