engages

verb

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"engages" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“engages” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,356
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of engage

Corpus desk

Index EN-engages · engages · English

engages · rank #17,356 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,356
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH encore

Nearest frequency peer: encore (-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 “engages”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “engages” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

engages vs enraged
71% similar
engages vs engage
86% similar
engages vs engaged
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for engages
PropertyValue
Headwordengages
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,356
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “engages”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).engageslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “encore” (#17,355), “enormously” (#17,357), “Elton” (#17,354). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “engages” is #17,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around engages, averb. Corpus frequency is #17,356 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of engage".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for engages, with forms such as "egnages", "enagges", and "engaegs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "enraged", "engage", "engaged", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is engages, spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of engage

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how engages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This pedal engages the clutch, and until you do that you can't shift.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnages
  • enagges
  • engaegs
  • engagess
  • engagges
  • engagse
  • enggaes
  • enggages
  • enngages
  • negages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engages - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egnages2enagges2engaegs2engagess1engagges1engagse2enggaes2enggages1
Edit distance from "engages"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "engages"?
"engages" is spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-S.
What does "engages" mean?
As a verb, "engages" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of engage
What words are commonly confused with "engages"?
"engages" is commonly confused with "enraged", "engage", "engaged". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "engages" come from?
"engages" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engages", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Epstein#17,358glacial#17,370hospice#17,385hotline#17,386

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

espresso10 variantsglands10 variantsinteger10 variantsbruised10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list