practices
/ˈpɹæktɪsɪz/
"practices" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“practices” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,752
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of practice
Corpus desk
Index EN-practices · practices · English
practices · rank #2,752 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,752
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH plate
Nearest frequency peer: plate (-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 “practices”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- panel
panel
97,252 corpus weight
- personality
personality
97,251 corpus weight
- plate
plate
97,250 corpus weight
- practices
practices
97,249 corpus weight
- prepare
prepare
97,248 corpus weight
- relief
relief
97,247 corpus weight
What this shows “practices” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | practices |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹæktɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “practices”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around practices (IPA /ˈpɹæktɪsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,752 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of practice".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for practices, with forms such as "parctices", "ppractices", and "pracctices". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "practise", "practice", "practical", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 practices, spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of practice
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- parctices
- ppractices
- pracctices
- pracitces
- practcies
- practicces
- practicess
- practicse
- practiecs
- practtices
- pratcices
- prcatices
- prractices
- rpactices
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of practices - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "practices", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).