innards
"innards" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“innards” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,594 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,594
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of innard
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | innards |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “innards” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for innards is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #50,594 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of innard".
No generated misspelling entries exist for innards in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of inwards. The correct English form is innards, spelled I-N-N-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of innard
Etymology
Alteration of inwards.
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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Using “innards”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-N-A-R-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.