Ives
/aɪvz/
"ives" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ives” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,012
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ives · Ives · English
Ives · rank #23,012 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,012
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Jody
Nearest frequency peer: Jody (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ives”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inline
inline
76,993 corpus weight
- insolvency
insolvency
76,992 corpus weight
- intermediary
intermediary
76,991 corpus weight
- Ives
Ives
76,989 corpus weight
- Jody
Jody
76,988 corpus weight
- jokingly
jokingly
76,987 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ives” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Ives |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /aɪvz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ives” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ives (IPA /aɪvz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,012 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ives, with forms such as "ievs", "ivess", and "ivse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ivy", "IVF", "Ivo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the medieval English given name mostly found in the Latinate form Ivo today. The correct English form is Ives, spelled I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after John Ivester.
Etymology
From the medieval English given name mostly found in the Latinate form Ivo today.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ievs
- ivess
- ivse
- ivves
- vies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ives - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ives", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Ives" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ivy". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,012 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.