journeys

verb

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"journeys" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“journeys” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,625
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of journey

Corpus desk

Index EN-journeys · journeys · English

journeys · rank #12,625 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,625
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jennings

Nearest frequency peer: Jennings (-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 “journeys”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “journeys” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

journeys vs journey
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for journeys
PropertyValue
Headwordjourneys
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,625
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “journeys”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).journeyslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Jennings” (#12,624), “labelled” (#12,626), “Jedi” (#12,623). Among 796 “J” headwords, “journeys” is #12,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around journeys, averb. Corpus frequency is #12,625 among 796 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of journey".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for journeys, with forms such as "jjourneys", "joruneys", and "jounreys". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "journey", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is journeys, spelled J-O-U-R-N-E-Y-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of journey

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how journeys appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The team journeys to the Arctic Circle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjourneys
  • joruneys
  • jounreys
  • jourenys
  • journesy
  • journeyss
  • journeyys
  • journneys
  • journyes
  • jourrneys
  • juorneys
  • ojurneys

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of journeys - 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.

jjourneys1joruneys2jounreys2jourenys2journesy2journeyss1journeyys1journneys1
Edit distance from "journeys"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "journeys"?
"journeys" is spelled J-O-U-R-N-E-Y-S.
What does "journeys" mean?
As a verb, "journeys" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of journey
What words are commonly confused with "journeys"?
"journeys" is commonly confused with "journey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "journeys" come from?
"journeys" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "journeys", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jennings#12,624labelled#12,626midfield#12,642militant#12,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Guatemala12 variantsfreedoms12 variantsfortunes12 variantsfilmmaker12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list