eyeblink
noun
eyeblink is spelled E-Y-E-B-L-I-N-K: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eyeblink means “An act of blinking one's eyelids one time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eyeblink is eyeblinks.
How many letters and syllables are in eyeblink?
| Letters | 8: E-Y-E-B-L-I-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is eyeblink?
Eyeblink appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce eyeblink?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-eyeblink.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eyeblink
- eyeblinks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eyeblink mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
- 2
A moment (a very short period of time).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eyeblink in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | clignement , clin d'œil |
| German | (schneller) Blick der Augen, Wimpernschlag, Lidschlag, Augenschlag, Blinzeln, Augenblick |
| Portuguese | piscada, piscadela , piscar de olhos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eyeblink come from?
From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).