ghosts
/ɡoʊsts/
"ghosts" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ghosts” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,546
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ghost
Corpus desk
Index EN-ghosts · ghosts · English
ghosts · rank #8,546 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,546
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GF
Nearest frequency peer: GF (-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 “ghosts”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fu
fu
91,458 corpus weight
- geometry
geometry
91,457 corpus weight
- GF
GF
91,456 corpus weight
- ghosts
ghosts
91,455 corpus weight
- gossip
gossip
91,454 corpus weight
- GP
GP
91,453 corpus weight
What this shows “ghosts” 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 | ghosts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡoʊsts/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ghosts”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ghosts (IPA /ɡoʊsts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,546 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of ghost".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ghosts, with forms such as "gghosts", "ghhosts", and "ghossts". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "goss", "gots", "gross", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ghosts, spelled G-H-O-S-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of ghost
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gghosts
- ghhosts
- ghossts
- ghostss
- ghostts
- ghotss
- ghsots
- gohsts
- hgosts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ghosts - 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 "ghosts", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).