dubs
/dʌbz/
"dubs" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dubs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,523
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of dub
Corpus desk
Index EN-dubs · dubs · English
dubs · rank #28,523 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,523
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH DSLR
Nearest frequency peer: DSLR (-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 “dubs”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- distillation
distillation
71,481 corpus weight
- drab
drab
71,480 corpus weight
- DSLR
DSLR
71,479 corpus weight
- dubs
dubs
71,478 corpus weight
- ducked
ducked
71,477 corpus weight
- Dumfries
Dumfries
71,476 corpus weight
What this shows “dubs” 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 | dubs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʌbz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dubs”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dubs (IPA /dʌbz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,523 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of dub".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dubs, with forms such as "dbus", "ddubs", and "dubbs". 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, "due", "duo", "dug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is dubs, spelled D-U-B-S.
Definition
- 1plural of dub
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbus
- ddubs
- dubbs
- dubss
- dusb
- udbs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dubs - 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 "dubs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).