eves
/iːvz/
"eves" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eves” is uncommon English (frequency #63,605 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,605
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of eve
Corpus desk
Index EN-eves · eves · English
eves · rank #63,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,605
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eurosceptic
Nearest frequency peer: Eurosceptic (-2 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 “eves”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- enteric
enteric
36,402 corpus weight
- ersatz
ersatz
36,399 corpus weight
- Eurosceptic
Eurosceptic
36,398 corpus weight
- eves
eves
36,396 corpus weight
- Exmouth
Exmouth
36,394 corpus weight
- exploitable
exploitable
36,393 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eves” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iːvz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eves” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eves is uncommon English at frequency #63,605 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iːvz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of eve".
eves doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is eves, spelled E-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of eve
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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