seeing-eye dog
"seeing-eye-dog" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seeing-eye dog” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A guide dog for people who suffer from impaired vision.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seeing-eye-dog · seeing-eye dog · English
seeing-eye dog · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | seeing-eye dog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seeing-eye dog” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seeing-eye dog is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A guide dog for people who suffer from impaired vision.".
No misspelling variants are generated for seeing-eye dog in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: A genericization of a trademark. From the name of the charity The Seeing Eye, which trains guide dogs. The correct English form is seeing-eye dog, spelled S-E-E-I-N-G---E-Y-E- -D-O-G.
Definition
- 1A guide dog for people who suffer from impaired vision.
Etymology
A genericization of a trademark. From the name of the charity The Seeing Eye, which trains guide dogs.
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.