mazes
/ˈmeɪzɪz/
"mazes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mazes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,261
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of maze
Corpus desk
Index EN-mazes · mazes · English
mazes · rank #42,261 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,261
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Marylebone
Nearest frequency peer: Marylebone (-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 “mazes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Marianna
Marianna
57,743 corpus weight
- Marylebone
Marylebone
57,741 corpus weight
- mazes
mazes
57,740 corpus weight
- McAvoy
McAvoy
57,739 corpus weight
- meander
meander
57,738 corpus weight
- Menon
Menon
57,737 corpus weight
What this shows “mazes” 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 | mazes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪzɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mazes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mazes (IPA /ˈmeɪzɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,261 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of maze".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mazes, with forms such as "amzes", "maezs", and "mazess". 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, "mes", "miles", "moves", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 mazes, spelled M-A-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of maze
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amzes
- maezs
- mazess
- mazse
- mazzes
- mmazes
- mzaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mazes - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mazes", 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).