ees
/ˈiːz/
"ees" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ees” is uncommon English (frequency #62,860 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,860
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of e, the name of the letter E.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ees · ees · English
ees · rank #62,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,860
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH educationally
Nearest frequency peer: educationally (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “ees”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- drumbeat
drumbeat
37,145 corpus weight
- dubbo
dubbo
37,144 corpus weight
- educational…
educationally
37,142 corpus weight
- ees
ees
37,141 corpus weight
- EIC
EIC
37,139 corpus weight
- eld
eld
37,138 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ees” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ees |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːz/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ees” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ees is uncommon English at frequency #62,860 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of e, the name of the letter E.".
ees doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 ees, spelled E-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of e, the name of the letter E.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ees appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
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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