categories

/ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/

//ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz// noun

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"categories" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“categories” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,217
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-categories · categories · English

categories · rank #4,217 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,217
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH burned

Nearest frequency peer: burned (-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 “categories”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “categories” 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).

categories vs categorize
80% similar
categories vs categorized
82% similar

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

Key facts for categories
PropertyValue
Headwordcategories
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,217
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “categories”

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).categorieslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “burned” (#4,216), “checks” (#4,218), “boards” (#4,215). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “categories” is #4,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around categories (IPA /ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,217 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of category".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for categories, with forms such as "actegories", "caetgories", and "categgories". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "categorize", "categorized", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is categories, spelled C-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of category

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • actegories
  • caetgories
  • categgories
  • categoires
  • categoreis
  • categoriess
  • categorise
  • categorries
  • categroies
  • cateogries
  • catgeories
  • cattegories
  • ccategories
  • ctaegories

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of categories - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

actegories2caetgories2categgories1categoires2categoreis2categoriess1categorise2categorries1
Edit distance from "categories"

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 "categories"?
"categories" is spelled C-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/.
What does "categories" mean?
As a noun, "categories" means: plural of category
What words are commonly confused with "categories"?
"categories" is commonly confused with "categorize", "categorized". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "categories"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "categories" is /ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "categories" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

suspended14 variantsstability14 variantsencouraged14 variantsdiversity14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list