ewes

/juːz/

//juːz// noun

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"ewes" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ewes” is uncommon English (frequency #52,936 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,936
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ewe

Corpus desk

Index EN-ewes · ewes · English

ewes · rank #52,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,936
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH Evander

Nearest frequency peer: Evander (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “ewes”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “ewes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ewes
PropertyValue
Headwordewes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/juːz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#52,936
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ewes” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).ewesfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Evander” (#52,935), “Estrella” (#52,934), “expository” (#52,938). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “ewes” is #52,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ewes is uncommon English at frequency #52,936 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /juːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of ewe".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ewes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ewes, spelled E-W-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of ewe

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 "ewes"?
"ewes" is spelled E-W-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /juːz/.
What does "ewes" mean?
As a noun, "ewes" means: plural of ewe
How do you pronounce "ewes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ewes" is /juːz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ewes" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

FLAC#52,948Happ#52,980dele#52,882coot#52,870

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list