companies

/ˈkʌmpəniz/

//ˈkʌmpəniz// noun

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"companies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“companies” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#672
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-companies · companies · English

companies · rank #672 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #672
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH British

Nearest frequency peer: British (-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 “companies”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “companies” 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).

companies vs complies
78% similar
companies vs companion
78% similar
companies vs companions
80% similar

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

Key facts for companies
PropertyValue
Headwordcompanies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkʌmpəniz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#672
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “companies”

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “British” (#671), “event” (#673), “break” (#670). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “companies” is #672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around companies (IPA /ˈkʌmpəniz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #672 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for companies, with forms such as "ccompanies", "cmopanies", and "comapnies". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "complies", "companion", "companions", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is companies, spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of company
  2. 2
    plural of companie

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompanies
  • cmopanies
  • comapnies
  • commpanies
  • compaines
  • companeis
  • companiess
  • companise
  • compannies
  • compnaies
  • comppanies
  • copmanies
  • ocmpanies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompanies1cmopanies2comapnies2commpanies1compaines2companeis2companiess1companise2
Edit distance from "companies"

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 "companies"?
"companies" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkʌmpəniz/.
What does "companies" mean?
As a noun, "companies" means: plural of company
What words are commonly confused with "companies"?
"companies" is commonly confused with "complies", "companion", "companions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "companies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "companies" is /ˈkʌmpəniz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "companies" come from?
"companies" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list