plagues

/pleɪɡz/

//pleɪɡz// noun

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"plagues" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“plagues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,039. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,039
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of plague

Corpus desk

Index EN-plagues · plagues · English

plagues · rank #29,039 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,039
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pitting

Nearest frequency peer: pitting (-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 “plagues”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “plagues” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plagues vs plates
71% similar
plagues vs planes
71% similar
plagues vs plaque
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plagues
PropertyValue
Headwordplagues
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pleɪɡz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,039
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “plagues”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).plagueslands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “pitting” (#29,038), “playtime” (#29,040), “pita” (#29,037). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “plagues” is #29,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around plagues (IPA /pleɪɡz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,039 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of plague".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for plagues, with forms such as "lpagues", "palgues", and "plageus". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "plates", "planes", "plaque", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is plagues, spelled P-L-A-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of plague

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpagues
  • palgues
  • plageus
  • plaggues
  • plaguess
  • plaguse
  • plauges
  • plgaues
  • pllagues
  • pplagues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plagues - 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.

lpagues2palgues2plageus2plaggues1plaguess1plaguse2plauges2plgaues2
Edit distance from "plagues"

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 "plagues"?
"plagues" is spelled P-L-A-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /pleɪɡz/.
What does "plagues" mean?
As a noun, "plagues" means: plural of plague
What words are commonly confused with "plagues"?
"plagues" is commonly confused with "plates", "planes", "plaque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plagues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plagues" is /pleɪɡz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plagues" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plagues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pitting#29,038Pompeii#29,041Pilates#29,036Pierson#29,035

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

portage10 variantsPermian10 variantsoveralls10 variantsOptimus10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list