notice
/ˈnəʊ.tɪs/
"notice" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“notice” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,347
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of observing; perception.
Corpus desk
Index EN-notice · notice · English
notice · rank #1,347 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,347
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,391
- PHOTO-FINISH machine
Nearest frequency peer: machine (-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 “notice”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grow
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98,657 corpus weight
- largest
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98,656 corpus weight
- machine
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98,655 corpus weight
- notice
notice
98,654 corpus weight
- overall
overall
98,653 corpus weight
- planning
planning
98,652 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “notice” 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 | notice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnəʊ.tɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “notice” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around notice (IPA /ˈnəʊ.tɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,347 among 24,391 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for notice, with forms such as "nnotice", "noitce", and "notcie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "notion", "noting", "notify", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin nōtitia. Doublet of notitia. The correct English form is notice, spelled N-O-T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1The act of observing; perception.
- 2A written or printed announcement.
- 3A formal notification or warning.
- 4Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
- 5A published critical review of a play or the like.
- 6Prior notification.
- 7Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how notice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.
Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin nōtitia. Doublet of notitia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnotice
- noitce
- notcie
- noticce
- notiec
- nottice
- ntoice
- ontice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "notice", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (8 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.