eighties
"eighties" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eighties” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,784. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,784
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eighties · eighties · English
eighties · rank #21,784 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,784
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH effortlessly
Nearest frequency peer: effortlessly (-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 “eighties”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- drumming
drumming
78,221 corpus weight
- Drummond
Drummond
78,220 corpus weight
- effortlessly
effortlessly
78,218 corpus weight
- eighties
eighties
78,217 corpus weight
- enactment
enactment
78,215 corpus weight
- enlighten
enlighten
78,214 corpus weight
What this shows “eighties” 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 | eighties |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eighties”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around eighties, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,784 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for eighties, with forms such as "egihties", "eigghties", and "eighhties". 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, "eighteen", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is eighties, spelled E-I-G-H-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
- 2The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
- 3The range between 80 and 89.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eighties appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Only kids born in the eighties remember this song!
Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egihties
- eigghties
- eighhties
- eighites
- eighteis
- eightiess
- eightise
- eightties
- eigthies
- eihgties
- ieghties
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eighties - 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 "eighties", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).