individuals
/ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəlz/
"individuals" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“individuals” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,638
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of individual
Corpus desk
Index EN-individuals · individuals · English
individuals · rank #1,638 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,638
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH HTTP
Nearest frequency peer: HTTP (-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 “individuals”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- foundation
foundation
98,366 corpus weight
- gain
gain
98,365 corpus weight
- HTTP
HTTP
98,364 corpus weight
- individuals
individuals
98,363 corpus weight
- Japanese
Japanese
98,362 corpus weight
- leaders
leaders
98,361 corpus weight
What this shows “individuals” 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 | individuals |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəlz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “individuals”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around individuals (IPA /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,638 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of individual".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for individuals, with forms such as "idnividuals", "inddividuals", and "indiivduals". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "individual", "individually", "individualism", 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 individuals, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of individual
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnividuals
- inddividuals
- indiivduals
- indivdiuals
- individauls
- individduals
- individualls
- individualss
- individuasl
- individulas
- indiviudals
- indivviduals
- indviiduals
- inidviduals
- inndividuals
- nidividuals
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of individuals - 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 "individuals", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).