eyrie
/ˈɪə.ɹi/
"eyrie" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eyrie” is uncommon English (frequency #70,649 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,649
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The nest of a bird of prey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eyrie · eyrie · English
eyrie · rank #70,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,649
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Faisalabad
Nearest frequency peer: Faisalabad (+2 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 “eyrie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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Epictetus
29,359 corpus weight
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episcopacy
29,358 corpus weight
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erythema
29,356 corpus weight
- exculpatory
exculpatory
29,355 corpus weight
- eyrie
eyrie
29,352 corpus weight
- Faisalabad
Faisalabad
29,350 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eyrie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eyrie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eyrie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eyrie is uncommon English at frequency #70,649 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
eyrie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea. The correct English form is eyrie, spelled E-Y-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1The nest of a bird of prey.
- 2Any high and remote but commanding place.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eyrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The methods employed to ascend to the nest of a bird of prey depend, in each instance, upon its site. If the nest is in a tree, a man can climb up and, having put the young ones in a basket, carry them home. If, however, the eyrie is built in the fissure of a lofty rock, a man is secured to the end of a rope and descends or is lowered from the rim of the…
Etymology
From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.
This word in other languages
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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