confines
/ˈkɑnfaɪnz/
"confines" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“confines” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,167
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The borders or limits of an area.
Corpus desk
Index EN-confines · confines · English
confines · rank #21,167 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,167
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conducive
Nearest frequency peer: conducive (-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 “confines”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- commandant
commandant
78,837 corpus weight
- conducive
conducive
78,835 corpus weight
- confines
confines
78,834 corpus weight
- Cong
Cong
78,833 corpus weight
- conscientio…
conscientious
78,832 corpus weight
- consensual
consensual
78,831 corpus weight
What this shows “confines” 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 | confines |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑnfaɪnz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “confines”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around confines (IPA /ˈkɑnfaɪnz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,167 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for confines, with forms such as "cconfines", "cnofines", and "cofnines". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "continues", "convinces", "confine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is confines, spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1The borders or limits of an area.
- 2The elements that restrain someone.
- 3The scope or range of a subject.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how confines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.
"I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconfines
- cnofines
- cofnines
- conffines
- confiens
- confiness
- confinnes
- confinse
- confnies
- conifnes
- connfines
- ocnfines
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confines - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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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).