furs
/fɝz/
"furs" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,931
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of fur
Corpus desk
Index EN-furs · furs · English
furs · rank #28,931 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,931
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fullerton
Nearest frequency peer: Fullerton (-2 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 “furs”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- freelancer
freelancer
71,073 corpus weight
- Fullerton
Fullerton
71,072 corpus weight
- furs
furs
71,070 corpus weight
- gelatin
gelatin
71,068 corpus weight
- gestation
gestation
71,067 corpus weight
- Guangdong
Guangdong
71,066 corpus weight
What this shows “furs” 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 | furs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɝz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “furs”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around furs (IPA /fɝz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,931 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of fur".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for furs, with forms such as "ffurs", "frus", and "furrs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fut", "fury", "fuse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is furs, spelled F-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of fur
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffurs
- frus
- furrs
- furss
- fusr
- ufrs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of furs - 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 "furs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).