egghead
/ˈɛɡˌhɛd/
"egghead" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“egghead” is uncommon English (frequency #74,056 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,056
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bald person, especially a man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-egghead · egghead · English
egghead · rank #74,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,056
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eilat
Nearest frequency peer: Eilat (+3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “egghead”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- EBM
EBM
25,952 corpus weight
- ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic
25,951 corpus weight
- Edda
Edda
25,949 corpus weight
- egghead
egghead
25,945 corpus weight
- Eilat
Eilat
25,942 corpus weight
- Emer
Emer
25,938 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “egghead” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | egghead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “egghead” in English
Rare enough to double-check
egghead is uncommon English at frequency #74,056 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for egghead in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From egg + head. The correct English form is egghead, spelled E-G-G-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1A bald person, especially a man.
- 2A bald head.
- 3An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how egghead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then no one will know whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual.
His own image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception.
Etymology
From egg + head.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).