pleasures

/ˈplɛʒɚz/

//ˈplɛʒɚz// noun

"pleasures" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pleasures” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,188
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-pleasures · pleasures · English

pleasures · rank #14,188 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,188
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pioneering

Nearest frequency peer: pioneering (-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 “pleasures”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “pleasures” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

pleasures vs pleasure
89% similar

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

Key facts for pleasures
PropertyValue
Headwordpleasures
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈplɛʒɚz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,188
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pleasures” sits in English frequency

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).pleasureslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “pioneering” (#14,187), “physiological” (#14,186), “poo” (#14,190). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pleasures (IPA /ˈplɛʒɚz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,188 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of pleasure".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pleasures, with forms such as "lpeasures", "pelasures", and "plaesures". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pleasure", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is pleasures, spelled P-L-E-A-S-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of pleasure

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpeasures
  • pelasures
  • plaesures
  • pleasrues
  • pleassures
  • pleasuers
  • pleasuress
  • pleasurres
  • pleasurse
  • pleausres
  • plesaures
  • plleasures
  • ppleasures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pleasures - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpeasures2pelasures2plaesures2pleasrues2pleassures1pleasuers2pleasuress1pleasurres1
Edit distance from "pleasures"

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 "pleasures"?
"pleasures" is spelled P-L-E-A-S-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈplɛʒɚz/.
What does "pleasures" mean?
As a noun, "pleasures" means: plural of pleasure
What words are commonly confused with "pleasures"?
"pleasures" is commonly confused with "pleasure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pleasures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleasures" is /ˈplɛʒɚz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleasures" come from?
"pleasures" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "pleasure". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #14,188 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list