cushions
/ˈkʊʃənz/
"cushions" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cushions” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,636
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cushion
Corpus desk
Index EN-cushions · cushions · English
cushions · rank #22,636 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,636
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cumbria
Nearest frequency peer: Cumbria (-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 “cushions”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- craven
craven
77,368 corpus weight
- CSR
CSR
77,367 corpus weight
- Cumbria
Cumbria
77,366 corpus weight
- cushions
cushions
77,365 corpus weight
- Daley
Daley
77,364 corpus weight
- debilitating
debilitating
77,363 corpus weight
What this shows “cushions” 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 | cushions |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʊʃənz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cushions”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cushions (IPA /ˈkʊʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,636 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of cushion".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cushions, with forms such as "ccushions", "csuhions", and "cuhsions". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cushion", "cushioned", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is cushions, spelled C-U-S-H-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of cushion
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccushions
- csuhions
- cuhsions
- cushhions
- cushinos
- cushionns
- cushionss
- cushiosn
- cushoins
- cusihons
- cusshions
- ucshions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cushions - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cushions", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).