combines
/ˈkɑm.baɪnz/
"combines" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“combines” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,667
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of combine
Corpus desk
Index EN-combines · combines · English
combines · rank #10,667 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,667
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coil
Nearest frequency peer: coil (-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 “combines”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Clayton
Clayton
89,337 corpus weight
- clearer
clearer
89,336 corpus weight
- coil
coil
89,335 corpus weight
- combines
combines
89,334 corpus weight
- commodities
commodities
89,333 corpus weight
- confessed
confessed
89,332 corpus weight
What this shows “combines” 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 | combines |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑm.baɪnz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “combines”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around combines (IPA /ˈkɑm.baɪnz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,667 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of combine".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for combines, with forms such as "ccombines", "cmobines", and "cobmines". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "combing", "confines", "combine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is combines, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of combine
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how combines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We have eighteen combines in the field at any given time.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccombines
- cmobines
- cobmines
- combbines
- combiens
- combiness
- combinnes
- combinse
- combnies
- comibnes
- commbines
- ocmbines
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combines - 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.
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 "combines", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).