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quizzes

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "quizzes", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "quizzes" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "quizzes" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

quizzes is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of quiz Pronounced /ˈkwɪzɪz/.

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Key facts for quizzes
PropertyValue
Headwordquizzes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkwɪzɪz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,260
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of quizzes in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for quizzes is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkwɪzɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,260 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of quiz".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quizzes, with forms such as "qiuzzes", "qquizzes", and "quizes". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is quizzes, spelled Q-U-I-Z-Z-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of quiz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qiuzzes,qquizzes,quizes,quizezs,quizzess,quizzse,quzizes,uqizzes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for quizzes

Misspelling Variants of "quizzes"

qiuzzes7qquizzes8quizes6quizezs7quizzess8quizzse7quzizes7uqizzes7
Misspelling Variants of "quizzes"

Frequency rank: #27,260 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quizzes"?
"quizzes" is spelled Q-U-I-Z-Z-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwɪzɪz/.
What does "quizzes" mean?
As a noun, "quizzes" means: plural of quiz
What are common misspellings of "quizzes"?
Common misspellings include "qiuzzes", "qquizzes", "quizes", "quizezs", "quizzess". The correct spelling is "quizzes".
How do you pronounce "quizzes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quizzes" is /ˈkwɪzɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quizzes" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.