foundations
/faʊnˈdeɪʃənz/
"foundations" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foundations” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,448
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of foundation
Corpus desk
Index EN-foundations · foundations · English
foundations · rank #7,448 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,448
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fortunately
Nearest frequency peer: fortunately (-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 “foundations”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flooding
flooding
92,556 corpus weight
- fortunate
fortunate
92,555 corpus weight
- fortunately
fortunately
92,554 corpus weight
- foundations
foundations
92,553 corpus weight
- frontier
frontier
92,552 corpus weight
- frustrating
frustrating
92,551 corpus weight
What this shows “foundations” 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 | foundations |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faʊnˈdeɪʃənz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foundations”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around foundations (IPA /faʊnˈdeɪʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,448 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of foundation".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for foundations, with forms such as "ffoundations", "fonudations", and "foudnations". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "foundation", "foundational", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is foundations, spelled F-O-U-N-D-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of foundation
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffoundations
- fonudations
- foudnations
- founadtions
- foundaitons
- foundatinos
- foundationns
- foundationss
- foundatiosn
- foundatoins
- foundattions
- founddations
- foundtaions
- founndations
- fuondations
- ofundations
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foundations - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).