leaps
/liːps/
"leaps" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leaps” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,119
- 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 leap
Corpus desk
Index EN-leaps · leaps · English
leaps · rank #18,119 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,119
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lattice
Nearest frequency peer: lattice (-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 “leaps”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Joaquin
Joaquin
81,885 corpus weight
- lattice
lattice
81,883 corpus weight
- leaps
leaps
81,882 corpus weight
- legitimately
legitimately
81,881 corpus weight
- Leroy
Leroy
81,879 corpus weight
- linebacker
linebacker
81,878 corpus weight
What this shows “leaps” 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 | leaps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /liːps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “leaps”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around leaps (IPA /liːps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,119 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of leap".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leaps, with forms such as "elaps", "laeps", and "leapps". 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, "les", "less", "legs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is leaps, spelled L-E-A-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of leap
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elaps
- laeps
- leapps
- leapss
- leasp
- lepas
- lleaps
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leaps - 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 "leaps", 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).