caves
/keɪvz/
"caves" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caves” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,354
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cave
Corpus desk
Index EN-caves · caves · English
caves · rank #11,354 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,354
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carlo
Nearest frequency peer: Carlo (-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 “caves”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bumper
bumper
88,650 corpus weight
- butterflies
butterflies
88,649 corpus weight
- Carlo
Carlo
88,648 corpus weight
- caves
caves
88,647 corpus weight
- chalk
chalk
88,646 corpus weight
- chilling
chilling
88,645 corpus weight
What this shows “caves” 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 | caves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /keɪvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “caves”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around caves (IPA /keɪvz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,354 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of cave".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for caves, with forms such as "acves", "caevs", and "cavess". 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, "CVS", "CES", "cove", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is caves, spelled C-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of cave
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acves
- caevs
- cavess
- cavse
- cavves
- ccaves
- cvaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caves - 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 "caves", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).