impulses
/ˈɪmpʌlsɪz/
"impulses" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impulses” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,866
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of impulse
Corpus desk
Index EN-impulses · impulses · English
impulses · rank #19,866 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,866
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH improbable
Nearest frequency peer: improbable (-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 “impulses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- iggy
iggy
80,139 corpus weight
- imitate
imitate
80,138 corpus weight
- improbable
improbable
80,136 corpus weight
- impulses
impulses
80,135 corpus weight
- ineligible
ineligible
80,133 corpus weight
- infusion
infusion
80,132 corpus weight
What this shows “impulses” 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 | impulses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪmpʌlsɪz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “impulses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around impulses (IPA /ˈɪmpʌlsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,866 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of impulse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for impulses, with forms such as "immpulses", "impluses", and "imppulses". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "implies", "impulse", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is impulses, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of impulse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- immpulses
- impluses
- imppulses
- impuless
- impullses
- impulsess
- impulsses
- impusles
- imuplses
- ipmulses
- mipulses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impulses - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).