expends
/ɪkˈspɛndz/
"expends" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expends” is uncommon English (frequency #99,243 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,243
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of expend
Corpus desk
Index EN-expends · expends · English
expends · rank #99,243 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,243
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Exley
Nearest frequency peer: Exley (-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 “expends”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ethnomusico…
ethnomusicology
766 corpus weight
- eurgh
eurgh
765 corpus weight
- evangel
evangel
764 corpus weight
- Exley
Exley
759 corpus weight
- expends
expends
758 corpus weight
- fada
fada
753 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “expends” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expends |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspɛndz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “expends” in English
Rare enough to double-check
expends is uncommon English at frequency #99,243 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪkˈspɛndz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of expend".
No misspelling variants are generated for expends in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is expends, spelled E-X-P-E-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of expend
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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