# eyelid

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈaɪ.lɪd/ · frequency rank #28,543

## Definitions
1. A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

## Etymology
From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).
Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

## Easily confused with
- **eyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eyed-vs-eyelid)
- **Euclid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/euclid-vs-eyelid)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eeylid`, `eyeild`, `eyeldi`, `eyelidd`, `eyellid`, `eyleid`, `eyyelid`, `yeelid`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eyelid