drugs
/dɹʌɡz/
"drugs" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drugs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,755
- 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 drug
Corpus desk
Index EN-drugs · drugs · English
drugs · rank #1,755 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,755
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dogs
Nearest frequency peer: dogs (-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 “drugs”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- copy
copy
98,249 corpus weight
- dear
dear
98,248 corpus weight
- dogs
dogs
98,247 corpus weight
- drugs
drugs
98,246 corpus weight
- efforts
efforts
98,245 corpus weight
- garden
garden
98,244 corpus weight
What this shows “drugs” 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 | drugs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɹʌɡz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drugs”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around drugs (IPA /dɹʌɡz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,755 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of drug".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for drugs, with forms such as "ddrugs", "drgus", and "drrugs". 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, "dug", "drum", "dues", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is drugs, spelled D-R-U-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of drug
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrugs
- drgus
- drrugs
- druggs
- drugss
- drusg
- durgs
- rdugs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drugs - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drugs", 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).