issues
/ˈɪsjuːz/
"issues" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“issues” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #658
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of issue
Corpus desk
Index EN-issues · issues · English
issues · rank #658 · 6 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #658
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inside
Nearest frequency peer: inside (-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 “issues”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hold
hold
99,346 corpus weight
- industry
industry
99,345 corpus weight
- inside
inside
99,344 corpus weight
- issues
issues
99,343 corpus weight
- online
online
99,342 corpus weight
- player
player
99,341 corpus weight
What this shows “issues” 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 | issues |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪsjuːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “issues”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around issues (IPA /ˈɪsjuːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #658 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of issue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for issues, with forms such as "isseus", "issuess", and "issuse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "issue", "issued", "issuer", 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 issues, spelled I-S-S-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of issue
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isseus
- issuess
- issuse
- isues
- isuses
- sisues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of issues - 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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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).