addresses

/əˈdɹɛsɪz/

//əˈdɹɛsɪz// noun

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"addresses" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“addresses” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,755
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of address

Corpus desk

Index EN-addresses · addresses · English

addresses · rank #5,755 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,755
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH alike

Nearest frequency peer: alike (+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 “addresses”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “addresses” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

addresses vs address
78% similar
addresses vs addressed
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for addresses
PropertyValue
Headwordaddresses
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈdɹɛsɪz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,755
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “addresses”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).addresseslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “alike” (#5,756), “activist” (#5,753), “applicable” (#5,757). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “addresses” is #5,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around addresses (IPA /əˈdɹɛsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,755 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of address".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for addresses, with forms such as "addersses", "addreses", and "addresess". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "address", "addressed", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 addresses, spelled A-D-D-R-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of address

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addersses
  • addreses
  • addresess
  • addressess
  • addressse
  • addrresses
  • addrseses
  • adrdesses
  • adresses
  • dadresses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of addresses - 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.

addersses2addreses1addresess2addressess1addressse2addrresses1addrseses2adrdesses2
Edit distance from "addresses"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "addresses"?
"addresses" is spelled A-D-D-R-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈdɹɛsɪz/.
What does "addresses" mean?
As a noun, "addresses" means: plural of address
What words are commonly confused with "addresses"?
"addresses" is commonly confused with "address", "addressed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "addresses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "addresses" is /əˈdɹɛsɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "addresses" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "addresses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wrestling#5,749companion#5,772succeeded#5,738comparing#5,773

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

combine10 variantssticks10 variantsstaring10 variantsdamages10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list