foils
/fɔɪlz/
"foils" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foils” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,565
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of foil
Corpus desk
Index EN-foils · foils · English
foils · rank #36,565 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,565
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH focussing
Nearest frequency peer: focussing (-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 “foils”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flume
flume
63,439 corpus weight
- flyover
flyover
63,438 corpus weight
- focussing
focussing
63,437 corpus weight
- foils
foils
63,436 corpus weight
- foy
foy
63,435 corpus weight
- fretting
fretting
63,433 corpus weight
What this shows “foils” 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 | foils |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɔɪlz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foils”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around foils (IPA /fɔɪlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,565 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of foil".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for foils, with forms such as "ffoils", "fiols", and "foills". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fool", "folk", "foul", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is foils, spelled F-O-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of foil
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffoils
- fiols
- foills
- foilss
- foisl
- folis
- ofils
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foils - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).