plaudits

noun

"plaudits" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“plaudits” is uncommon English (frequency #62,416 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,416
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-plaudits · plaudits · English

plaudits · rank #62,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,416
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH planer

Nearest frequency peer: planer (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “plaudits”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “plaudits” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plaudits
PropertyValue
Headwordplaudits
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,416
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “plaudits” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “planer” (#62,415), “polyamory” (#62,417), “pincer” (#62,414). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “plaudits” is #62,416. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plaudits is uncommon English at frequency #62,416 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of plaudit".

No generated misspelling entries exist for plaudits in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is plaudits, spelled P-L-A-U-D-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of plaudit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how plaudits appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits, as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.

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 "plaudits"?
"plaudits" is spelled P-L-A-U-D-I-T-S.
What does "plaudits" mean?
As a noun, "plaudits" means: plural of plaudit
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list