ears
/ɪəz/
"ears" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ears” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,877
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ear
Corpus desk
Index EN-ears · ears · English
ears · rank #3,877 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,877
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH drove
Nearest frequency peer: drove (-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 “ears”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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divorce
96,127 corpus weight
- doc
doc
96,126 corpus weight
- drove
drove
96,125 corpus weight
- ears
ears
96,124 corpus weight
- engage
engage
96,123 corpus weight
- extraordina…
extraordinary
96,122 corpus weight
What this shows “ears” 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 | ears |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪəz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ears”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ears (IPA /ɪəz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,877 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of ear".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ears, with forms such as "aers", "earrs", and "earss". 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, "er", "ES", "eat", and more, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ears, spelled E-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of ear
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aers
- earrs
- earss
- easr
- eras
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ears - 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 "ears", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).