ladys
"ladys" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ladys” is uncommon English (frequency #93,895 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,895
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lady
Corpus desk
Index EN-ladys · ladys · English
ladys · rank #93,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,895
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH ladino
Nearest frequency peer: ladino (-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 “ladys”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kuya
kuya
6,111 corpus weight
- Labuan
Labuan
6,109 corpus weight
- ladino
ladino
6,107 corpus weight
- ladys
ladys
6,106 corpus weight
- Lalonde
Lalonde
6,104 corpus weight
- Laplacian
Laplacian
6,099 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ladys” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ladys |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ladys” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ladys is uncommon English at frequency #93,895 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ladys, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is ladys, spelled L-A-D-Y-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lady
- 2genitive of lady
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ladys appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yf they ſett men thus to ſcole ⸝ / I trowe they make many a fole ⸝ / Of ladys and gentill wemen.
[Nick] Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / [Tom] Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.