beaux

/bəʊ/

//bəʊ// noun

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"beaux" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“beaux” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,142
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-beaux · beaux · English

beaux · rank #40,142 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,142
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH beeps

Nearest frequency peer: beeps (+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 “beaux”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “beaux” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

beaux vs begun
60% similar
beaux vs Braun
40% similar
beaux vs begum
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for beaux
PropertyValue
Headwordbeaux
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bəʊ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,142
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “beaux”

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).beauxlands 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 “beeps” (#40,143), “begotten” (#40,144), “beleaguered” (#40,145). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “beaux” is #40,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around beaux (IPA /bəʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,142 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of beau".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for beaux, with forms such as "baeux", "bbeaux", and "beauxx". 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, "begun", "Braun", "begum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is beaux, spelled B-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of beau

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. She said that girl ’d have three beaux, and that she'd marry the poorest one of the three. It all come out just as she’d said. The girl had three beaux, and she took and married the worst one of the lot.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • baeux
  • bbeaux
  • beauxx
  • beaxu
  • beuax
  • ebaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

baeux2bbeaux1beauxx1beaxu2beuax2ebaux2
Edit distance from "beaux"

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 "beaux"?
"beaux" is spelled B-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is /bəʊ/.
What does "beaux" mean?
As a noun, "beaux" means: plural of beau
What words are commonly confused with "beaux"?
"beaux" is commonly confused with "begun", "Braun", "begum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beaux" is /bəʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beaux" come from?
"beaux" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beeps#40,143bally#40,137bakes#40,135biome#40,150

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Bennie6 variantsamiga6 variantsemcee6 variantsstig6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list