follies
"follies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“follies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,809
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of folly
Corpus desk
Index EN-follies · follies · English
follies · rank #32,809 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,809
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fluidity
Nearest frequency peer: fluidity (-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 “follies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ferocity
ferocity
67,195 corpus weight
- flagstaff
flagstaff
67,194 corpus weight
- fluidity
fluidity
67,193 corpus weight
- follies
follies
67,192 corpus weight
- fortify
fortify
67,191 corpus weight
- fouling
fouling
67,190 corpus weight
What this shows “follies” 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 | follies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “follies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around follies, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,809 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for follies, with forms such as "ffollies", "flolies", and "folies". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "follows", "forties", "flies", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French folies. The correct English form is follies, spelled F-O-L-L-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of folly
- 2A lavishly-produced theatrical revue characterized by major stars, huge casts, and opulent costumes and scenery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how follies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
The most famous Broadway theatrical revues of all time were the Ziegfeld Follies.
Etymology
From French folies.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffollies
- flolies
- folies
- foliles
- folleis
- folliess
- follise
- ofllies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of follies - 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.
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 "follies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).