ledges
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪz/
"ledges" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ledges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,779
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ledge
Corpus desk
Index EN-ledges · ledges · English
ledges · rank #40,779 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,779
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leaching
Nearest frequency peer: leaching (-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 “ledges”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lapped
lapped
59,225 corpus weight
- lather
lather
59,224 corpus weight
- leaching
leaching
59,223 corpus weight
- ledges
ledges
59,222 corpus weight
- leed
leed
59,221 corpus weight
- Linde
Linde
59,220 corpus weight
What this shows “ledges” 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 | ledges |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ledges”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ledges (IPA /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,779 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of ledge".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ledges, with forms such as "eldges", "ldeges", and "leddges". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "legs", "lees", "lodge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ledges, spelled L-E-D-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of ledge
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eldges
- ldeges
- leddges
- ledegs
- ledgess
- ledgges
- ledgse
- legdes
- lledges
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ledges - 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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).