# eaves

> English word · Noun · IPA /iːvz/ · frequency rank #34,866

## Definitions
1. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
2. Something that extends over or projects beyond.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *upér
From Middle English eves (“projecting lower edge of a roof”) [and other forms], from Old English efes, yfes, *ofes (“edge of a roof”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubisu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *ubiswō (compare Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).

## Easily confused with
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-eve)
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-even)
- **ever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-ever)
- **eyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-eyes)
- **exes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-exes)
- **edges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-edges)
- **Elvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-elvis)
- **elves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-elves)
- **Estes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-estes)
- **Evers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-evers)
- **evens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-evens)
- **elven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaves-vs-elven)
- **EAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eas-vs-eaves)
- **ears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ears-vs-eaves)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ease-vs-eaves)
- **eats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eats-vs-eaves)
- **eaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eaves)
- **eager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eager-vs-eaves)
- **earns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earns-vs-eaves)
- **eater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eater-vs-eaves)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aeves`, `eaevs`, `eavess`, `eavse`, `eavves`, `evaes`

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