pie-eyed
/ˈpaɪˌaɪd/
"pie-eyed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pie-eyed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pie-eyed · pie-eyed · English
pie-eyed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pie-eyed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpaɪˌaɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pie-eyed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pie-eyed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpaɪˌaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pie-eyed, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pie (“type of pastry consisting of an outer crust and a filling”) + eyed, a hyperbole suggesting that a person’s eyes are open so wide that they are as large as pies. The correct English form is pie-eyed, spelled P-I-E---E-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.
- 2(Extremely) drunk or intoxicated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pie-eyed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that pie-eyed zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six.
Of all the blockheads in the world, I have the finest collection working for me. Terence Tadpole is a dolt, Sidney Squirrel is a sentimental idiot, Freddie Fox is a pie-eyed fool, Felix Frog is a perfect imbecile.
Etymology
From pie (“type of pastry consisting of an outer crust and a filling”) + eyed, a hyperbole suggesting that a person’s eyes are open so wide that they are as large as pies.
This word in other languages
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