beasts
/biːsts/
"beasts" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beasts” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,168
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of beast
Corpus desk
Index EN-beasts · beasts · English
beasts · rank #11,168 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,168
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baseline
Nearest frequency peer: baseline (-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 “beasts”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Auckland
Auckland
88,836 corpus weight
- bananas
bananas
88,835 corpus weight
- baseline
baseline
88,834 corpus weight
- beasts
beasts
88,833 corpus weight
- benedict
benedict
88,832 corpus weight
- beware
beware
88,831 corpus weight
What this shows “beasts” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | beasts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /biːsts/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “beasts”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around beasts (IPA /biːsts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,168 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of beast".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for beasts, with forms such as "baests", "bbeasts", and "beassts". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "best", "beat", "bets", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is beasts, spelled B-E-A-S-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of beast
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baests
- bbeasts
- beassts
- beastss
- beastts
- besats
- ebasts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beasts - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beasts", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).