eyeful
"eyeful" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eyeful” is uncommon English (frequency #98,099 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,099
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A full or complete view; a good look.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eyeful · eyeful · English
eyeful · rank #98,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,099
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH extrasensory
Nearest frequency peer: extrasensory (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “eyeful”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- excretory
excretory
1,906 corpus weight
- exploiter
exploiter
1,904 corpus weight
- extrasensory
extrasensory
1,903 corpus weight
- eyeful
eyeful
1,902 corpus weight
- facetiously
facetiously
1,900 corpus weight
- fack
fack
1,899 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eyeful” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eyeful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eyeful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eyeful is uncommon English at frequency #98,099 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
eyeful has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From eye + -ful. The correct English form is eyeful, spelled E-Y-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1A full or complete view; a good look.
- 2A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
- 3Enough material to fill one's eye.
- 4A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eyeful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
an eyeful of tears
Etymology
From eye + -ful.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).