adds
/æ(d)z/
"adds" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adds” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,734) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3,734
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of add
Corpus desk
Index EN-adds · adds · English
adds · rank #3,734 · 2 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,734
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 2 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH yep
Nearest frequency peer: yep (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “adds”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- translation
translation
96,270 corpus weight
- visible
visible
96,269 corpus weight
- yep
yep
96,268 corpus weight
- adds
adds
96,267 corpus weight
- Allen
Allen
96,266 corpus weight
- amendment
amendment
96,265 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “adds” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | adds |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æ(d)z/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adds” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for adds is neighbouring look-alikes ("as", "and", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /æ(d)z/. Frequency #3,734 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "plural of add".
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for adds, including "addss" and "adsd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "as", "and", "ass", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is adds, spelled A-D-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of add
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addss
- adsd
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adds - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adds", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "adds" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "as". View pair
- 2 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,734 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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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.