sea eagle

noun

"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.

Key facts for sea eagle
PropertyValue
Headwordsea eagle
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sea eagle” in English

sea eaglefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
  2. 2
    A genus of eagles (genus Haliaeetus).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sea eagle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. "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.

Synonyms

ernewhite-tailed eagle

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sea eagle"?
"sea eagle" is spelled S-E-A- -E-A-G-L-E.
What does "sea eagle" mean?
As a noun, "sea eagle" means: An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
What language does "sea eagle" come from?
"sea eagle" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list