peephole
/ˈpiːphəʊl/
"peephole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peephole” is uncommon English (frequency #76,205 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,205
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peephole · peephole · English
peephole · rank #76,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,205
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH peart
Nearest frequency peer: peart (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “peephole”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Patagonian
Patagonian
23,801 corpus weight
- patroness
patroness
23,800 corpus weight
- peart
peart
23,798 corpus weight
- peephole
peephole
23,796 corpus weight
- Peretz
Peretz
23,793 corpus weight
- Petrova
Petrova
23,791 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “peephole” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peephole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːphəʊl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peephole” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peephole is uncommon English at frequency #76,205 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpiːphəʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for peephole in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From peep + hole. The correct English form is peephole, spelled P-E-E-P-H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
Etymology
From peep + hole.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.