actions
/ˈæk.ʃənz/
"actions" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“actions” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,589. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,589
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of action
Corpus desk
Index EN-actions · actions · English
actions · rank #1,589 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,589
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acting
Nearest frequency peer: acting (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “actions”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wedding
wedding
98,415 corpus weight
- you'd
you'd
98,414 corpus weight
- acting
acting
98,413 corpus weight
- actions
actions
98,412 corpus weight
- African
African
98,411 corpus weight
- arms
arms
98,410 corpus weight
What this shows “actions” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | actions |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæk.ʃənz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “actions”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around actions (IPA /ˈæk.ʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,589 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of action".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for actions, with forms such as "acctions", "acitons", and "actinos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "acton", "auction", "actin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is actions, spelled A-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of action
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acctions
- acitons
- actinos
- actionns
- actionss
- actiosn
- actoins
- acttions
- atcions
- cations
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of actions - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).