eyeful

noun

"eyeful" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“eyeful” is an uncommon English word, ranked #98,099 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#98,099
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A full or complete view; a good look.

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Key facts for eyeful
PropertyValue
Headwordeyeful
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,099
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “eyeful” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). eyeful lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for eyeful is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #98,099 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for eyeful in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eye + -ful. The correct English form is eyeful, spelled E-Y-E-F-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A full or complete view; a good look.
  2. 2
    A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
  3. 3
    Enough material to fill one's eye.
  4. 4
    A brief period of sleep; forty winks.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eyeful"?
"eyeful" is spelled E-Y-E-F-U-L.
What does "eyeful" mean?
As a noun, "eyeful" means: A full or complete view; a good look.
What is the origin of the word "eyeful"?
From eye + -ful. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “eyeful”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-Y-E-F-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list