dwarves
"dwarves" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dwarves” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,151
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of dwarf
Corpus desk
Index EN-dwarves · dwarves · English
dwarves · rank #24,151 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,151
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dunkirk
Nearest frequency peer: Dunkirk (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dwarves”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- DSM
DSM
75,853 corpus weight
- Dunkirk
Dunkirk
75,851 corpus weight
- dwarves
dwarves
75,850 corpus weight
- effortless
effortless
75,849 corpus weight
- ere
ere
75,848 corpus weight
- eyeshadow
eyeshadow
75,847 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dwarves” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dwarves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dwarves” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around dwarves, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,151 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of dwarf".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dwarves, with forms such as "dawrves", "ddwarves", and "dwarevs". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dares", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dwarves, spelled D-W-A-R-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of dwarf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dwarves appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then said Þriði: They took also his skull and made thereof heaven and set it up over the earth with four sides, and under each corner they set dwarves: they hight thus Austri, Vestri, Norþri, Suþri.
The belief in Dwarves as inhabitants of the interior of the earth and especially of large isolated rocks, was likewise a direct offshoot of the Asa-Mythology.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dawrves
- ddwarves
- dwarevs
- dwarrves
- dwarvess
- dwarvse
- dwarvves
- dwavres
- dwraves
- dwwarves
- wdarves
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dwarves - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dwarves", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "dares". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,151 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.