seeing-eye dog
"seeing-eye-dog" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seeing-eye dog” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A guide dog for people who suffer from impaired vision.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seeing-eye dog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seeing-eye dog” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for seeing-eye dog is 14 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “seeing-eye dog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-E-I-N-G---E-Y-E- -D-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.