lords
/lɔːdz/
"lords" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lords” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,265
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lord
Corpus desk
Index EN-lords · lords · English
lords · rank #6,265 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,265
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lodge
Nearest frequency peer: lodge (-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 “lords”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- layout
layout
93,739 corpus weight
- lined
lined
93,738 corpus weight
- lodge
lodge
93,737 corpus weight
- lords
lords
93,736 corpus weight
- merchant
merchant
93,735 corpus weight
- merit
merit
93,734 corpus weight
What this shows “lords” 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 | lords |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɔːdz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lords”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around lords (IPA /lɔːdz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,265 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of lord".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lords, with forms such as "llords", "lodrs", and "lordds". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "loss", "lots", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is lords, spelled L-O-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lord
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llords
- lodrs
- lordds
- lordss
- lorrds
- lorsd
- lrods
- olrds
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lords - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).