ages
/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
"ages" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ages” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,816. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,816
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - plural of age
Corpus desk
Index EN-ages · ages · English
ages · rank #2,816 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,816
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH worldwide
Nearest frequency peer: worldwide (-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 “ages”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wet
wet
97,188 corpus weight
- widely
widely
97,187 corpus weight
- worldwide
worldwide
97,186 corpus weight
- ages
ages
97,185 corpus weight
- anniversary
anniversary
97,184 corpus weight
- attractive
attractive
97,183 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ages” 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 | ages |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ages” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ages (IPA /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,816 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ages, with forms such as "aegs", "agess", and "agges". 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", "are", "ago", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ages, spelled A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of age
- 2A long time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It'll be ages until/before we meet again.
Does the Station go on still? That was ages and ages ago. It must be crumbling to pieces. All except the Amirtollah kutcha road. I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aegs
- agess
- agges
- agse
- gaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ages - 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.
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 2, 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 "ages", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.