cords
/kɔːdz/
"cords" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cords” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,281
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cord
Corpus desk
Index EN-cords · cords · English
cords · rank #18,281 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,281
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contradict
Nearest frequency peer: contradict (-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 “cords”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Constantine
Constantine
81,723 corpus weight
- continual
continual
81,722 corpus weight
- contradict
contradict
81,721 corpus weight
- cords
cords
81,720 corpus weight
- crackdown
crackdown
81,719 corpus weight
- craze
craze
81,718 corpus weight
What this shows “cords” 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 | cords |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔːdz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cords”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cords (IPA /kɔːdz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,281 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of cord".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cords, with forms such as "ccords", "codrs", and "cordds". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cos", "CRS", "core", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cord + -s. The correct English form is cords, spelled C-O-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of cord
Etymology
From cord + -s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccords
- codrs
- cordds
- cordss
- corrds
- corsd
- crods
- ocrds
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cords - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).