pricks
/pɹɪks/
"pricks" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pricks” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,975
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of prick
Corpus desk
Index EN-pricks · pricks · English
pricks · rank #27,975 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,975
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prickly
Nearest frequency peer: prickly (-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 “pricks”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- preclude
preclude
72,030 corpus weight
- preorder
preorder
72,029 corpus weight
- prickly
prickly
72,027 corpus weight
- pricks
pricks
72,026 corpus weight
- priory
priory
72,025 corpus weight
- programmable
programmable
72,023 corpus weight
What this shows “pricks” 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 | pricks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹɪks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pricks”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pricks (IPA /pɹɪks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,975 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of prick".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pricks, with forms such as "pircks", "ppricks", and "prciks". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Prius", "prints", "prizes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 pricks, spelled P-R-I-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of prick
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pircks
- ppricks
- prciks
- priccks
- prickks
- prickss
- pricsk
- prikcs
- prricks
- rpicks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pricks - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).