mews
/mjuːz/
"mews" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mews” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,263
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mews · mews · English
mews · rank #43,263 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,263
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH metamorphic
Nearest frequency peer: metamorphic (-2 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 “mews”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Mercia
Mercia
56,743 corpus weight
- Mervyn
Mervyn
56,741 corpus weight
- metamorphic
metamorphic
56,740 corpus weight
- mews
mews
56,738 corpus weight
- mongoose
mongoose
56,735 corpus weight
- motility
motility
56,733 corpus weight
What this shows “mews” 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 | mews |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mjuːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mews”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mews (IPA /mjuːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,263 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mews, with forms such as "emws", "mesw", and "mewss". 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, "MS", "MW", "Mrs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, which is the plural of mew (“falcon cage”). The correct English form is mews, spelled M-E-W-S.
Definition
- 1An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
- 2A place where birds of prey are housed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mews appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What penned them there, with all the plain to choose? No foot-print leading to that horrid mews, None out of it.
It was healthy and magnificient because one room, above a mews, somewhere near the river, contained fifty excited, talkative, friendly people.
Etymology
From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, which is the plural of mew (“falcon cage”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emws
- mesw
- mewss
- mewws
- mmews
- mwes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mews - 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 "mews", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).