lapses
/ˈlæpsɪz/
"lapses" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lapses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,056
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lapse
Corpus desk
Index EN-lapses · lapses · English
lapses · rank #32,056 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,056
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH langer
Nearest frequency peer: langer (-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 “lapses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lacquer
lacquer
67,949 corpus weight
- lakeland
lakeland
67,948 corpus weight
- langer
langer
67,946 corpus weight
- lapses
lapses
67,945 corpus weight
- LBJ
LBJ
67,944 corpus weight
- LDL
LDL
67,943 corpus weight
What this shows “lapses” 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 | lapses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlæpsɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lapses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around lapses (IPA /ˈlæpsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,056 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of lapse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lapses, with forms such as "alpses", "lapess", and "lappses". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "lass", "laser", "lasts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is lapses, spelled L-A-P-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lapse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alpses
- lapess
- lappses
- lapsess
- lapsses
- laspes
- llapses
- lpases
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lapses - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).