promises
/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪz/
"promises" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“promises” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,701
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of promise
Corpus desk
Index EN-promises · promises · English
promises · rank #4,701 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,701
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH powered
Nearest frequency peer: powered (-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 “promises”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- poem
poem
95,303 corpus weight
- powder
powder
95,302 corpus weight
- powered
powered
95,301 corpus weight
- promises
promises
95,300 corpus weight
- quotes
quotes
95,299 corpus weight
- racism
racism
95,298 corpus weight
What this shows “promises” 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 | promises |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “promises”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around promises (IPA /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,701 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of promise".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for promises, with forms such as "pormises", "ppromises", and "prmoises". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "provides", "promise", "premise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 promises, spelled P-R-O-M-I-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of promise
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pormises
- ppromises
- prmoises
- proimses
- promiess
- promisess
- promisses
- prommises
- promsies
- prromises
- rpomises
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promises - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "promises", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).