gains
/ɡeɪnz/
"gains" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gains” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,673
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of gain
Corpus desk
Index EN-gains · gains · English
gains · rank #4,673 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,673
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH forgive
Nearest frequency peer: forgive (-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 “gains”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- errors
errors
95,331 corpus weight
- focusing
focusing
95,330 corpus weight
- forgive
forgive
95,329 corpus weight
- gains
gains
95,328 corpus weight
- garage
garage
95,327 corpus weight
- gathering
gathering
95,326 corpus weight
What this shows “gains” 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 | gains |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡeɪnz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gains”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gains (IPA /ɡeɪnz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,673 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gains, with forms such as "agins", "gainns", and "gainss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gas", "gin", "gan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is gains, spelled G-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of gain
- 2Increase in muscle mass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gains appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Like everyone else who lifts weights, I wanted to maximize my gains and give myself the best chance to succeed.
But it is impossible to prepare for competition and make the same kinds of gains as you would if you were training with full intensity and not dieting. When you're training to compete, you have to focus on details, bringing out small muscles, separation. And it's obvious that you can't make maximum gains while you are restricting your food intake.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agins
- gainns
- gainss
- gaisn
- ganis
- ggains
- gians
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gains - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gains", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).