characters
/ˈkɛɹəktɚz/
"characters" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“characters” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,390 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,390
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of character
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 | characters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɛɹəktɚz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “characters” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for characters is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɛɹəktɚz/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,390 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of character".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for characters, with forms such as "cahracters", "ccharacters", and "chaarcters". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "character", "characterise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is characters, spelled C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of character
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahracters,ccharacters,chaarcters,characcters,characetrs,characterrs,characterss,charactesr,charactres,charactters,charatcers,charcaters,charracters,chharacters,chraacters,hcaracters
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of characters - 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.
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Using “characters”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɛɹəktɚz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “character” - see the side-by-side comparison. characters vs character
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.