eggbeater
"eggbeater" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eggbeater” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eggbeater · eggbeater · English
eggbeater · 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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eggbeater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eggbeater” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eggbeater is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for eggbeater, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From egg + beater. The correct English form is eggbeater, spelled E-G-G-B-E-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
- 2A (wire) whisk.
- 3A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
- 4A helicopter.
- 5An outboard motor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eggbeater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.
Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full, it is tilted on the side where the wire is inserted.
Etymology
From egg + beater.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.