pupils
/pjuːpəlz/
"pupils" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pupils” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,351
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of pupil
Corpus desk
Index EN-pupils · pupils · English
pupils · rank #5,351 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,351
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proceedings
Nearest frequency peer: proceedings (-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 “pupils”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Portland
Portland
94,653 corpus weight
- proceed
proceed
94,652 corpus weight
- proceedings
proceedings
94,651 corpus weight
- pupils
pupils
94,650 corpus weight
- reserved
reserved
94,649 corpus weight
- restore
restore
94,648 corpus weight
What this shows “pupils” 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 | pupils |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pjuːpəlz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pupils”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pupils (IPA /pjuːpəlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,351 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of pupil".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pupils, with forms such as "ppuils", "ppupils", and "puipls". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pups", "puppies", "pulls", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pupils, spelled P-U-P-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of pupil
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppuils
- ppupils
- puipls
- pupills
- pupilss
- pupisl
- puplis
- puppils
- uppils
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pupils - 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 "pupils", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (9 here; floor ≥5).