plates
/pleɪts/
"plates" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plates” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,972
- 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 plate
Corpus desk
Index EN-plates · plates · English
plates · rank #4,972 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,972
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perry
Nearest frequency peer: perry (-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 “plates”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pension
pension
95,032 corpus weight
- permit
permit
95,031 corpus weight
- perry
perry
95,030 corpus weight
- plates
plates
95,029 corpus weight
- pleasant
pleasant
95,028 corpus weight
- portrait
portrait
95,027 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plates” 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 | plates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pleɪts/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plates” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around plates (IPA /pleɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,972 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of plate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for plates, with forms such as "lpates", "paltes", and "plaets". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plays", "Plato", "platt", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is plates, spelled P-L-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of plate
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpates
- paltes
- plaets
- platess
- platse
- plattes
- pllates
- pltaes
- pplates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plates - 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 "plates", 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).
What to do next
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- "plates" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "plays". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,972 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.