determines
/dɪˈtɝmɪnz/
"determines" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“determines” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,035
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of determine
Corpus desk
Index EN-determines · determines · English
determines · rank #10,035 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,035
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH depicted
Nearest frequency peer: depicted (-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 “determines”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- delightful
delightful
89,968 corpus weight
- depicted
depicted
89,967 corpus weight
- determines
determines
89,966 corpus weight
- digit
digit
89,965 corpus weight
- dinosaur
dinosaur
89,964 corpus weight
- doomed
doomed
89,963 corpus weight
What this shows “determines” 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 | determines |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈtɝmɪnz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “determines”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around determines (IPA /dɪˈtɝmɪnz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,035 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of determine".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for determines, with forms such as "ddetermines", "deetrmines", and "detemrines". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "determinism", "determine", "determined", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is determines, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of determine
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetermines
- deetrmines
- detemrines
- deterimnes
- determiens
- determiness
- determinnes
- determinse
- determmines
- determnies
- deterrmines
- detremines
- dettermines
- dteermines
- edtermines
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of determines - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).