gives
/ɡɪvz/
"gives" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gives” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #991
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of give
Corpus desk
Index EN-gives · gives · English
gives · rank #991 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #991
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH February
Nearest frequency peer: February (-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 “gives”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fans
fans
99,012 corpus weight
- February
February
99,011 corpus weight
- gives
gives
99,010 corpus weight
- growth
growth
99,009 corpus weight
- included
included
99,008 corpus weight
- married
married
99,007 corpus weight
What this shows “gives” 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 | gives |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɪvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gives”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gives (IPA /ɡɪvz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #991 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of give".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gives, with forms such as "ggives", "gievs", and "givess". 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, "goes", "gove", "gloves", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is gives, spelled G-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of give
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggives
- gievs
- givess
- givse
- givves
- gvies
- igves
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gives - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gives", 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).