eye contact
"eye-contact" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eye contact” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eye contact |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eye contact” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
eye contact is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.".
No misspelling variants are generated for eye contact in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is eye contact, spelled E-Y-E- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.
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.
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Using “eye contact”
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- The one correct English spelling is E-Y-E- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.