affinities

noun

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"affinities" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“affinities” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,981
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-affinities · affinities · English

affinities · rank #41,981 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,981
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Agamemnon

Nearest frequency peer: Agamemnon (+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 “affinities”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “affinities” 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
Key facts for affinities
PropertyValue
Headwordaffinities
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,981
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “affinities”

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).affinitieslands 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 “Agamemnon” (#41,982), “ageless” (#41,983), “administratively” (#41,978). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “affinities” is #41,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around affinities, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,981 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of affinity".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for affinities, with forms such as "affiinties", "affiniites", and "affiniteis". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is affinities, spelled A-F-F-I-N-I-T-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of affinity

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how affinities appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And married she was, thanks to the affinities of landed property!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affiinties
  • affiniites
  • affiniteis
  • affinitiess
  • affinitise
  • affinitties
  • affinnities
  • affintiies
  • affniities
  • afifnities
  • afinities
  • fafinities

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

affiinties2affiniites2affiniteis2affinitiess1affinitise2affinitties1affinnities1affintiies2
Edit distance from "affinities"

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 "affinities"?
"affinities" is spelled A-F-F-I-N-I-T-I-E-S.
What does "affinities" mean?
As a noun, "affinities" means: plural of affinity
What are common misspellings of "affinities"?
Common misspellings include "affiinties", "affiniites", "affiniteis", "affinitiess", "affinitise". The correct spelling is "affinities".
What language does "affinities" come from?
"affinities" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Alessandra#41,990annoyingly#41,999answerable#42,000Archimedes#42,003

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

absinthe12 variantsassembler12 variantsValverde12 variantsuppermost12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list