enjoys

/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/

//ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz// verb

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"enjoys" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“enjoys” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,918
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-enjoys · enjoys · English

enjoys · rank #7,918 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,918
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH elimination

Nearest frequency peer: elimination (-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 “enjoys”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “enjoys” 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).

enjoys vs Enos
50% similar
enjoys vs envoy
67% similar
enjoys vs enjoy
83% similar

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

Key facts for enjoys
PropertyValue
Headwordenjoys
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,918
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “enjoys”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).enjoyslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “elimination” (#7,917), “ES” (#7,919), “drums” (#7,916). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “enjoys” is #7,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around enjoys (IPA /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,918 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of enjoy".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for enjoys, with forms such as "ejnoys", "enjjoys", and "enjosy". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Enos", "envoy", "enjoy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is enjoys, spelled E-N-J-O-Y-S.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ejnoys
  • enjjoys
  • enjosy
  • enjoyss
  • enjoyys
  • enjyos
  • ennjoys
  • enojys
  • nejoys

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enjoys - 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.

ejnoys2enjjoys1enjosy2enjoyss1enjoyys1enjyos2ennjoys1enojys2
Edit distance from "enjoys"

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 "enjoys"?
"enjoys" is spelled E-N-J-O-Y-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/.
What does "enjoys" mean?
As a verb, "enjoys" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of enjoy
What words are commonly confused with "enjoys"?
"enjoys" is commonly confused with "Enos", "envoy", "enjoy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enjoys"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enjoys" is /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enjoys" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ginger#7,921Davies#7,905darker#7,904cycles#7,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

impress9 variantsmentor9 variantsbundle9 variantsbegging9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list