keep an eye on
"keep-an-eye-on" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keep an eye on” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keep an eye on |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “keep an eye on” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
keep an eye on is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for keep an eye on, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is keep an eye on, spelled K-E-E-P- -A-N- -E-Y-E- -O-N.
Definition
- 1To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “keep an eye on”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-E-E-P- -A-N- -E-Y-E- -O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.