items
/ˈaɪ.təmz/
"items" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“items” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,726
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of item
Corpus desk
Index EN-items · items · English
items · rank #1,726 · 5 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,726
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH influence
Nearest frequency peer: influence (-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 “items”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- herself
herself
98,278 corpus weight
- impossible
impossible
98,277 corpus weight
- influence
influence
98,276 corpus weight
- items
items
98,275 corpus weight
- Joe
Joe
98,274 corpus weight
- los
los
98,273 corpus weight
What this shows “items” 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 | items |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪ.təmz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “items”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around items (IPA /ˈaɪ.təmz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,726 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of item".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for items, with forms such as "ietms", "itemms", and "itemss". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "its", "Ives", "ies", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is items, spelled I-T-E-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of item
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ietms
- itemms
- itemss
- itesm
- ittems
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of items - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).