beckons
/ˈbɛkənz/
"beckons" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beckons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,579
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of beckon
Corpus desk
Index EN-beckons · beckons · English
beckons · rank #40,579 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,579
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Batavia
Nearest frequency peer: Batavia (-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 “beckons”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- balk
balk
59,425 corpus weight
- Batavia
Batavia
59,423 corpus weight
- beckons
beckons
59,422 corpus weight
- Belles
Belles
59,421 corpus weight
- bested
bested
59,420 corpus weight
- bicep
bicep
59,419 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “beckons” 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 | beckons |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbɛkənz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beckons” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around beckons (IPA /ˈbɛkənz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,579 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of beckon".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for beckons, with forms such as "bbeckons", "bcekons", and "becckons". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "beacons", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is beckons, spelled B-E-C-K-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of beckon
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeckons
- bcekons
- becckons
- beckkons
- becknos
- beckonns
- beckonss
- beckosn
- becokns
- bekcons
- ebckons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beckons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 May 6, 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 "beckons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 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.