eatworthy

adj

"eatworthy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“eatworthy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.

Corpus desk

Index EN-eatworthy · eatworthy · English

eatworthy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for eatworthy
PropertyValue
Headwordeatworthy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “eatworthy” in English

eatworthysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

eatworthy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Worthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eatworthy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eat + -worthy. The correct English form is eatworthy, spelled E-A-T-W-O-R-T-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Worthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fido believes that there is something eatworthy behind the triangle.
  2. When a creature thinks of something as eatworthy or chew-worthy, for example, it might move toward and ingest it; the creature does not have to wait for food to come to it […]

Etymology

From eat + -worthy.

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 "eatworthy"?
"eatworthy" is spelled E-A-T-W-O-R-T-H-Y.
What does "eatworthy" mean?
As an adjective, "eatworthy" means: Worthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.
What is the origin of the word "eatworthy"?
From eat + -worthy. 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