activities
/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/
"activities" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“activities” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,290 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,290
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of activity
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | activities |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “activities” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for activities is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,290 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of activity".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for activities, with forms such as "acctivities", "acitvities", and "actiivties". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is activities, spelled A-C-T-I-V-I-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of activity
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acctivities,acitvities,actiivties,activiites,activiteis,activitiess,activitise,activitties,activtiies,activvities,acttivities,actviities,atcivities,cativities
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of activities - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “activities”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-T-I-V-I-T-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.