men's
/mɛnz/
"men-s" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“men's” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,245
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-men-s · men's · English
men's · rank #3,245 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,245
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH machines
Nearest frequency peer: machines (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “men's”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- locations
locations
96,759 corpus weight
- loose
loose
96,758 corpus weight
- machines
machines
96,757 corpus weight
- men's
men's
96,756 corpus weight
- moral
moral
96,755 corpus weight
- offensive
offensive
96,754 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “men's” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | men's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɛnz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “men's” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around men's (IPA /mɛnz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,245 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for men's, with forms such as "emn's", "me'ns", and "men'ss". 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", "mess", "menu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is men's, spelled M-E-N-'-S.
Definition
- 1possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans.
- 2Ellipsis of men’s room (“a lavatory intended for use by men”).
- 3Ellipsis of men's department (“an area selling clothing for adult males in a department store”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how men's appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emn's
- me'ns
- men'ss
- menn's
- mens'
- mmen's
- mne's
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of men's - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "men's", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.