sea eagle
"sea-eagle" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sea eagle” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
Corpus desk
Index EN-sea-eagle · sea eagle · English
sea eagle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sea eagle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sea eagle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sea eagle is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sea eagle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sea eagle, spelled S-E-A- -E-A-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
- 2A genus of eagles (genus Haliaeetus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sea eagle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His face is wild and keen like a sea-eagle’s, and from his bristling brows the eyes dart glances sharp as a glancing spear.
"Up on Rannoch Moor, we often see Sea Eagles," she says, although in the rain, there is no sign of them today. "If we hit a deer, that's their lunch.
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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.