decks
/dɛks/
"decks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decks” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,752
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of deck
Corpus desk
Index EN-decks · decks · English
decks · rank #12,752 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,752
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Deborah
Nearest frequency peer: Deborah (-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 “decks”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Dante
Dante
87,252 corpus weight
- darn
darn
87,251 corpus weight
- Deborah
Deborah
87,250 corpus weight
- decks
decks
87,249 corpus weight
- differing
differing
87,247 corpus weight
- disgust
disgust
87,246 corpus weight
What this shows “decks” 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 | decks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɛks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “decks”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around decks (IPA /dɛks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,752 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of deck".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for decks, with forms such as "dceks", "ddecks", and "deccks". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Des", "dick", "desk", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is decks, spelled D-E-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of deck
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceks
- ddecks
- deccks
- deckks
- deckss
- decsk
- dekcs
- edcks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decks - 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 "decks", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).