eyewitness

noun

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"eyewitness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“eyewitness” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,082
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

Corpus desk

Index EN-eyewitness · eyewitness · English

eyewitness · rank #19,082 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,082
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH exec

Nearest frequency peer: exec (-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 “eyewitness”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “eyewitness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eyewitness
PropertyValue
Headwordeyewitness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,082
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eyewitness”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).eyewitnesslands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “exec” (#19,081), “fag” (#19,083), “eureka” (#19,080). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “eyewitness” is #19,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around eyewitness, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,082 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for eyewitness, with forms such as "eeywitness", "eyeiwtness", and "eyewintess". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eye + witness. The correct English form is eyewitness, spelled E-Y-E-W-I-T-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how eyewitness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.
  2. The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed.

Etymology

From eye + witness.

This word in other languages

testigo ocular(Español)témoin oculaire(Français)Augenzeuge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eeywitness
  • eyeiwtness
  • eyewintess
  • eyewitenss
  • eyewitnes
  • eyewitnness
  • eyewitnses
  • eyewittness
  • eyewtiness
  • eyewwitness
  • eyweitness
  • eyyewitness
  • yeewitness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eyewitness - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eeywitness2eyeiwtness2eyewintess2eyewitenss2eyewitnes1eyewitnness1eyewitnses2eyewittness1
Edit distance from "eyewitness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eyewitness"?
"eyewitness" is spelled E-Y-E-W-I-T-N-E-S-S.
What does "eyewitness" mean?
As a noun, "eyewitness" means: Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
What are common misspellings of "eyewitness"?
Common misspellings include "eeywitness", "eyeiwtness", "eyewintess", "eyewitenss", "eyewitnes". The correct spelling is "eyewitness".
What is the origin of the word "eyewitness"?
From eye + witness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eyewitness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list