extras
/ˈɛkstɹəz/
"extras" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“extras” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,972
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of extra
Corpus desk
Index EN-extras · extras · English
extras · rank #12,972 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,972
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exhausting
Nearest frequency peer: exhausting (-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 “extras”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Evelyn
Evelyn
87,032 corpus weight
- evidently
evidently
87,031 corpus weight
- exhausting
exhausting
87,030 corpus weight
- extras
extras
87,029 corpus weight
- famed
famed
87,028 corpus weight
- Fargo
Fargo
87,027 corpus weight
What this shows “extras” 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 | extras |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛkstɹəz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “extras”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around extras (IPA /ˈɛkstɹəz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,972 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of extra".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for extras, with forms such as "etxras", "exrtas", and "extars". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "extract", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is extras, spelled E-X-T-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1plural of extra
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxras
- exrtas
- extars
- extrass
- extrras
- extrsa
- exttras
- exxtras
- xetras
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extras - 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.
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 "extras", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).