anchovies
/ˈæn.t͡ʃə.viz/
"anchovies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anchovies” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,555
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of anchovy
Corpus desk
Index EN-anchovies · anchovies · English
anchovies · rank #40,555 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,555
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Anjali
Nearest frequency peer: Anjali (+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 “anchovies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- amicably
amicably
59,451 corpus weight
- amphibian
amphibian
59,449 corpus weight
- amputee
amputee
59,448 corpus weight
- anchovies
anchovies
59,446 corpus weight
- Anjali
Anjali
59,445 corpus weight
- ashtray
ashtray
59,442 corpus weight
What this shows “anchovies” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anchovies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.viz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “anchovies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around anchovies (IPA /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.viz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,555 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of anchovy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for anchovies, with forms such as "acnhovies", "ancchovies", and "anchhovies". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 anchovies, spelled A-N-C-H-O-V-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of anchovy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acnhovies
- ancchovies
- anchhovies
- anchoives
- anchoveis
- anchoviess
- anchovise
- anchovvies
- anchvoies
- ancohvies
- anhcovies
- annchovies
- nachovies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anchovies - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).