eyed
/aɪd/
"eyed" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eyed” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,562
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having eyes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eyed · eyed · English
eyed · rank #7,562 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,562
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH explicitly
Nearest frequency peer: explicitly (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “eyed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- enforce
enforce
92,442 corpus weight
- explicit
explicit
92,441 corpus weight
- explicitly
explicitly
92,440 corpus weight
- eyed
eyed
92,439 corpus weight
- Florence
Florence
92,438 corpus weight
- flu
flu
92,437 corpus weight
What this shows “eyed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eyed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /aɪd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eyed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around eyed (IPA /aɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,562 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for eyed, with forms such as "eeyd", "eyde", and "eyedd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eyes", "eyre", "eyelid", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed. The correct English form is eyed, spelled E-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having eyes.
- 2Having eye-like spots.
- 3Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eyed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.
The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.
Etymology
From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eeyd
- eyde
- eyedd
- eyyed
- yeed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eyed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eyed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).