italics
"italics" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“italics” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,206
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Letters in an italic typeface.
Corpus desk
Index EN-italics · italics · English
italics · rank #24,206 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,206
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH IVF
Nearest frequency peer: IVF (+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 “italics”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- instantaneo…
instantaneous
75,798 corpus weight
- italics
italics
75,795 corpus weight
- IVF
IVF
75,794 corpus weight
- Jed
Jed
75,793 corpus weight
- jinx
jinx
75,792 corpus weight
- jobless
jobless
75,791 corpus weight
What this shows “italics” 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 | italics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “italics”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around italics, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,206 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for italics, with forms such as "iatlics", "itailcs", and "italcis". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Italia", "italic", "Italian", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 italics, spelled I-T-A-L-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Letters in an italic typeface.
- 2plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how italics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics.
[T]hey [the Catholics and Puritans] encumbered their verſion [of the Bible] with a load of uſeleſs Italics; often without the leaſt neceſſity, and almoſt always to the detriment of the text. In fact, either the words in Italics are virtually implied in the Hebrew, or they are not. In the former caſe they are a real part of the text, and ſhould be printed…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iatlics
- itailcs
- italcis
- italiccs
- italicss
- italisc
- itallics
- itlaics
- ittalics
- tialics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of italics - 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 "italics", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).