committees

/kəˈmɪtiz/

//kəˈmɪtiz// noun

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

The verdict

“committees” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,897
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-committees · committees · English

committees · rank #7,897 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,897
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH clown

Nearest frequency peer: clown (-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 “committees”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “committees” 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).

committees vs committee
90% similar
committees vs committed
80% similar

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

Key facts for committees
PropertyValue
Headwordcommittees
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kəˈmɪtiz/
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,897
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “committees”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).committeeslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “clown” (#7,896), “conjunction” (#7,898), “Chad” (#7,895). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “committees” is #7,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around committees (IPA /kəˈmɪtiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,897 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of committee".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for committees, with forms such as "ccommittees", "cmomittees", and "comimttees". 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, "committee", "committed", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is committees, spelled C-O-M-M-I-T-T-E-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of committee

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommittees
  • cmomittees
  • comimttees
  • comittees
  • commitees
  • commitetes
  • committeess
  • committes
  • committese
  • commtitees
  • ocmmittees

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of committees - 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.

ccommittees1cmomittees2comimttees2comittees1commitees1commitetes2committeess1committes1
Edit distance from "committees"

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

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

Same letter count

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

automotive#7,884litigation#7,939simulation#7,849prosecutor#7,836

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

descent11 variantsdesktop11 variantsAndrews11 variantsdrilling11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list