practice
/ˈpɹæktɪs/
"practice" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“practice” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #931 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #931
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
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 | practice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹæktɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “practice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for practice is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹæktɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #931 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for practice, with forms such as "parctice", "ppractice", and "pracctice". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "practise", "prentice", "practices", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica. The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, fro… The correct English form is practice, spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- 2An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
- 3The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
- 4A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
- 5The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
- 6A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
- 7Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
- 8The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
- 9Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
- 10An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
Etymology
The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica. The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticāre, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós). The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: parctice,ppractice,pracctice,pracitce,practcie,practicce,practiec,practtice,pratcice,prcatice,prractice,rpactice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of practice - 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.
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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Using “practice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹæktɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “practise” - see the side-by-side comparison. practice vs practise
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.