paves
/peɪvz/
"paves" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paves” is uncommon English (frequency #53,156 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,156
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of pave
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /peɪvz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paves” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paves is uncommon English at frequency #53,156 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /peɪvz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of pave".
No misspelling variants are generated for paves in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is paves, spelled P-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of pave
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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Using “paves”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.