pastes

/peɪsts/

//peɪsts// noun

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"pastes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pastes” is uncommon English (frequency #53,768 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,768
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of paste

Key facts for pastes
PropertyValue
Headwordpastes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/peɪsts/
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pastes” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pastes lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pastes is uncommon English at frequency #53,768 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /peɪsts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of paste".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pastes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pastes, spelled P-A-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of paste

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pastes"?
"pastes" is spelled P-A-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /peɪsts/.
What does "pastes" mean?
As a noun, "pastes" means: plural of paste
How do you pronounce "pastes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pastes" is /peɪsts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pastes" come from?
"pastes" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “pastes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-S-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /peɪsts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list