flights

/flaɪts/

//flaɪts// noun

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"flights" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“flights” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,040
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-flights · flights · English

flights · rank #5,040 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,040
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH forcing

Nearest frequency peer: forcing (+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 “flights”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “flights” 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).

flights vs fright
71% similar
flights vs fight
71% similar
flights vs flight
86% similar

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

Key facts for flights
PropertyValue
Headwordflights
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/flaɪts/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,040
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “flights”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).flightslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “forcing” (#5,041), “FIFA” (#5,038), “forming” (#5,042). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “flights” is #5,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around flights (IPA /flaɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,040 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of flight".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for flights, with forms such as "fflights", "filghts", and "flgihts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fright", "fight", "flight", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is flights, spelled F-L-I-G-H-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of flight

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflights
  • filghts
  • flgihts
  • fligghts
  • flighhts
  • flighst
  • flightss
  • flightts
  • fligths
  • flihgts
  • fllights
  • lfights

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fflights1filghts2flgihts2fligghts1flighhts1flighst2flightss1flightts1
Edit distance from "flights"

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 "flights"?
"flights" is spelled F-L-I-G-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /flaɪts/.
What does "flights" mean?
As a noun, "flights" means: plural of flight
What words are commonly confused with "flights"?
"flights" is commonly confused with "fright", "fight", "flight". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flights"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flights" is /flaɪts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flights" come from?
"flights" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forcing#5,041forming#5,042farming#5,036gravity#5,046

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

gradually12 variantsEgyptian12 variantsdeclined12 variantslistened12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list