cores
/kɔːz/
"cores" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cores” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,499
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - plural of core
Corpus desk
Index EN-cores · cores · English
cores · rank #14,499 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,499
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cruiser
Nearest frequency peer: cruiser (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cores”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- conceal
conceal
85,505 corpus weight
- condemnation
condemnation
85,504 corpus weight
- cores
cores
85,502 corpus weight
- cruiser
cruiser
85,501 corpus weight
- cruising
cruising
85,500 corpus weight
- curl
curl
85,499 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cores” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | cores |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cores” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cores (IPA /kɔːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,499 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of core".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cores, with forms such as "ccores", "coers", and "coress". 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", "crew", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cores, spelled C-O-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of core
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccores
- coers
- coress
- corres
- corse
- croes
- ocres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cores - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cores", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.