doubles

noun

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"doubles" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,414
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a game between pairs of players

Corpus desk

Index EN-doubles · doubles · English

doubles · rank #8,414 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,414
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH doubled

Nearest frequency peer: doubled (-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 “doubles”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “doubles” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

doubles vs doubts
71% similar
doubles vs doubly
71% similar
doubles vs Douglas
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for doubles
PropertyValue
Headworddoubles
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,414
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “doubles”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).doubleslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “doubled” (#8,413), “economies” (#8,415), “dislike” (#8,412). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “doubles” is #8,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around doubles, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,414 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for doubles, with forms such as "ddoubles", "dobules", and "doubbles". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "doubts", "doubly", "Douglas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 doubles, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    a game between pairs of players
  2. 2
    bell changes rung on five bells
  3. 3
    A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doubles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.
  2. A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoubles
  • dobules
  • doubbles
  • doubels
  • doubless
  • doublles
  • doublse
  • doulbes
  • duobles
  • odubles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doubles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddoubles1dobules2doubbles1doubels2doubless1doublles1doublse2doulbes2
Edit distance from "doubles"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doubles"?
"doubles" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-S.
What does "doubles" mean?
As a noun, "doubles" means: a game between pairs of players
What words are commonly confused with "doubles"?
"doubles" is commonly confused with "doubts", "doubly", "Douglas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "doubles" come from?
"doubles" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doubles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doubled#8,413dislike#8,412dangers#8,408foolish#8,425

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

embedded10 variantsfarewell10 variantscellular10 variantsadverse10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list