prayers

/pɹɛɹz/

//pɹɛɹz// noun

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"prayers" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“prayers” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,900
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-prayers · prayers · English

prayers · rank #5,900 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,900
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilots

Nearest frequency peer: pilots (-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 “prayers”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “prayers” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

prayers vs prays
71% similar
prayers vs payer
71% similar
prayers vs player
71% similar

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

Key facts for prayers
PropertyValue
Headwordprayers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɹɛɹz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,900
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prayers”

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).prayerslands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “pilots” (#5,899), “predicted” (#5,901), “Pete” (#5,898). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “prayers” is #5,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prayers (IPA /pɹɛɹz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,900 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of prayer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prayers, with forms such as "paryers", "pprayers", and "praeyrs". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "prays", "payer", "player", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is prayers, spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of prayer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • paryers
  • pprayers
  • praeyrs
  • prayerrs
  • prayerss
  • prayesr
  • prayres
  • prayyers
  • prrayers
  • pryaers
  • rpayers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

paryers2pprayers1praeyrs2prayerrs1prayerss1prayesr2prayres2prayyers1
Edit distance from "prayers"

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 "prayers"?
"prayers" is spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /pɹɛɹz/.
What does "prayers" mean?
As a noun, "prayers" means: plural of prayer
What words are commonly confused with "prayers"?
"prayers" is commonly confused with "prays", "payer", "player". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prayers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prayers" is /pɹɛɹz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prayers" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pressed#5,902pursuit#5,906jewelry#5,889Samsung#5,915

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

oriented11 variantsexcessive11 variantsstreams11 variantsworrying11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list