estates
/ɪsˈteɪts/
"estates" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“estates” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,537
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of estate
Corpus desk
Index EN-estates · estates · English
estates · rank #8,537 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,537
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Ferguson
Nearest frequency peer: Ferguson (+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 “estates”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dem
dem
91,468 corpus weight
- distracted
distracted
91,467 corpus weight
- DM
DM
91,466 corpus weight
- estates
estates
91,464 corpus weight
- Ferguson
Ferguson
91,463 corpus weight
- Ferrari
Ferrari
91,462 corpus weight
What this shows “estates” 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 | estates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪsˈteɪts/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “estates”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around estates (IPA /ɪsˈteɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,537 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of estate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estates, with forms such as "esattes", "esstates", and "estaets". 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, "Estes", "estimates", "estate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is estates, spelled E-S-T-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of estate
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estates appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esattes
- esstates
- estaets
- estatess
- estatse
- estattes
- esttaes
- esttates
- etsates
- setates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estates - 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.
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 "estates", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).