ranges
/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɪz/
"ranges" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ranges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,611
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of range
Corpus desk
Index EN-ranges · ranges · English
ranges · rank #6,611 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,611
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rats
Nearest frequency peer: rats (+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 “ranges”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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93,393 corpus weight
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93,392 corpus weight
- ranges
ranges
93,390 corpus weight
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rats
93,389 corpus weight
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93,388 corpus weight
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rhythm
93,387 corpus weight
What this shows “ranges” 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 | ranges |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ranges”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ranges (IPA /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,611 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of range".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ranges, with forms such as "arnges", "ragnes", and "ranegs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rates", "rings", "ranks", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ranges, spelled R-A-N-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of range
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arnges
- ragnes
- ranegs
- rangess
- rangges
- rangse
- rannges
- rnages
- rranges
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ranges - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 (9 here; floor ≥5).