qualities

/ˈkwɑləˌtiz/

//ˈkwɑləˌtiz// noun

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"qualities" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“qualities” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,509
frequency rank, English
288
“Q” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-qualities · qualities · English

qualities · rank #6,509 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,509
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 288
  • PHOTO-FINISH purchasing

Nearest frequency peer: purchasing (-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 “qualities”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “qualities” 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).

qualities vs quantities
80% similar
qualities vs qualified
78% similar
qualities vs qualifier
78% similar

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

Key facts for qualities
PropertyValue
Headwordqualities
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkwɑləˌtiz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,509
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “qualities”

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).qualitieslands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “purchasing” (#6,508), “Queens” (#6,510), “pulse” (#6,507). Among 288 “Q” headwords, “qualities” is #6,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around qualities (IPA /ˈkwɑləˌtiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,509 among 288 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of quality".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for qualities, with forms such as "qaulities", "qqualities", and "quailties". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "quantities", "qualified", "qualifier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is qualities, spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of quality

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaulities
  • qqualities
  • quailties
  • qualiites
  • qualiteis
  • qualitiess
  • qualitise
  • qualitties
  • quallities
  • qualtiies
  • qulaities
  • uqalities

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of qualities - 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.

qaulities2qqualities1quailties2qualiites2qualiteis2qualitiess1qualitise2qualitties1
Edit distance from "qualities"

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 "qualities"?
"qualities" is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-T-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwɑləˌtiz/.
What does "qualities" mean?
As a noun, "qualities" means: plural of quality
What words are commonly confused with "qualities"?
"qualities" is commonly confused with "quantities", "qualified", "qualifier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "qualities"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qualities" is /ˈkwɑləˌtiz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qualities" come from?
"qualities" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

specified#6,522northeast#6,494switching#6,527tolerance#6,530

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

insisted12 variantsArkansas12 variantscomeback12 variantselaborate12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list