places
/ˈpleɪsɪz/
"places" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“places” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #998
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of place
Corpus desk
Index EN-places · places · English
places · rank #998 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #998
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Paul
Nearest frequency peer: Paul (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “places”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- officer
officer
99,006 corpus weight
- pain
pain
99,005 corpus weight
- Paul
Paul
99,004 corpus weight
- places
places
99,003 corpus weight
- respect
respect
99,002 corpus weight
- response
response
99,001 corpus weight
What this shows “places” 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 | places |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpleɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “places”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around places (IPA /ˈpleɪsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #998 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of place".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for places, with forms such as "lpaces", "palces", and "placces". 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, "plans", "plays", "plane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is places, spelled P-L-A-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of place
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpaces
- palces
- placces
- placess
- placse
- plaecs
- plcaes
- pllaces
- pplaces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of places - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "places", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).