leads
/lɛdz/
"leads" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leads” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,259
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lead
Corpus desk
Index EN-leads · leads · English
leads · rank #2,259 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,259
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Korea
Nearest frequency peer: Korea (-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 “leads”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- journey
journey
97,745 corpus weight
- kitchen
kitchen
97,744 corpus weight
- Korea
Korea
97,743 corpus weight
- leads
leads
97,742 corpus weight
- maintain
maintain
97,741 corpus weight
- measure
measure
97,740 corpus weight
What this shows “leads” 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 | leads |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɛdz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “leads”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around leads (IPA /lɛdz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,259 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of lead".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leads, with forms such as "elads", "laeds", and "leadds". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LED", "les", "less", 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 leads, spelled L-E-A-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lead
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elads
- laeds
- leadds
- leadss
- leasd
- ledas
- lleads
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leads - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "leads", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).