commons
/ˈkɑmənz/
"commons" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,665
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of common
Corpus desk
Index EN-commons · commons · English
commons · rank #5,665 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,665
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CBS
Nearest frequency peer: CBS (-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 “commons”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- blank
blank
94,339 corpus weight
- buffalo
buffalo
94,338 corpus weight
- CBS
CBS
94,337 corpus weight
- commons
commons
94,336 corpus weight
- contacts
contacts
94,334 corpus weight
- conviction
conviction
94,333 corpus weight
What this shows “commons” 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 | commons |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑmənz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “commons”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around commons (IPA /ˈkɑmənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,665 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of common".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for commons, with forms such as "ccommons", "cmomons", and "commnos". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cosmos", "commune", "Cummins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is commons, spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of common
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommons
- cmomons
- commnos
- commonns
- commonss
- commosn
- comomns
- comons
- ocmmons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commons - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).