fuses
/ˈfjuːzɪz/
"fuses" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fuses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,436
- 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 fuse
Corpus desk
Index EN-fuses · fuses · English
fuses · rank #26,436 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,436
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Gaines
Nearest frequency peer: Gaines (+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 “fuses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fraternal
fraternal
73,568 corpus weight
- Frau
Frau
73,567 corpus weight
- fuses
fuses
73,565 corpus weight
- Gaines
Gaines
73,564 corpus weight
- gamergate
gamergate
73,563 corpus weight
- gan
gan
73,562 corpus weight
What this shows “fuses” 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 | fuses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfjuːzɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fuses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around fuses (IPA /ˈfjuːzɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,436 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of fuse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fuses, with forms such as "ffuses", "fsues", and "fuess". 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, "fuss", "fussy", "FES", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is fuses, spelled F-U-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of fuse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffuses
- fsues
- fuess
- fusess
- fusses
- ufses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fuses - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).