# eyre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛəɹ/ · frequency rank #24,442

## Definitions
1. A journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)

## Etymology
From Middle English eire, from Old French erre (“journey, march, way”), from Latin iter, itineris (“a going, way”), from the root of ire (“to go”). Compare errant, itinerant, issue.

## Easily confused with
- **Ezra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eyre-vs-ezra)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/er-vs-eyre)
- **ee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ee-vs-eyre)
- **ey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ey-vs-eyre)
- **eye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eye-vs-eyre)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/era-vs-eyre)
- **ear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ear-vs-eyre)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eve-vs-eyre)
- **err** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/err-vs-eyre)
- **erm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erm-vs-eyre)
- **ERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ers-vs-eyre)
- **ere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ere-vs-eyre)
- **ERP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erp-vs-eyre)
- **ese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ese-vs-eyre)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exe-vs-eyre)
- **ele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ele-vs-eyre)
- **ewe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ewe-vs-eyre)
- **eee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eee-vs-eyre)
- **Erc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erc-vs-eyre)
- **eke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eke-vs-eyre)

## Common misspellings (5)
`erye`, `eyer`, `eyrre`, `eyyre`, `yere`

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