eyeblink

noun

"eyeblink" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“eyeblink” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.

Corpus desk

Index EN-eyeblink · eyeblink · English

eyeblink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for eyeblink
PropertyValue
Headwordeyeblink
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “eyeblink” in English

eyeblinkfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eyeblink is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for eyeblink in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick. The correct English form is eyeblink, spelled E-Y-E-B-L-I-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
  2. 2
    A moment (a very short period of time).

Etymology

From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eyeblink"?
"eyeblink" is spelled E-Y-E-B-L-I-N-K.
What does "eyeblink" mean?
As a noun, "eyeblink" means: An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
What is the origin of the word "eyeblink"?
From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list