efforts
/ˈɛf.əts/
"efforts" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“efforts” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,756
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of effort
Corpus desk
Index EN-efforts · efforts · English
efforts · rank #1,756 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,756
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH drugs
Nearest frequency peer: drugs (-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 “efforts”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- 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
- host
host
98,243 corpus weight
What this shows “efforts” 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 | efforts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛf.əts/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “efforts”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around efforts (IPA /ˈɛf.əts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,756 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of effort".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for efforts, with forms such as "efforrts", "efforst", and "effortss". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "esports", "effort", "effects", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists 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 efforts, spelled E-F-F-O-R-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of effort
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efforrts
- efforst
- effortss
- effortts
- effotrs
- effrots
- efofrts
- eforts
- feforts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of efforts - 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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).