regulates
"regulates" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“regulates” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,435
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of regulate
Corpus desk
Index EN-regulates · regulates · English
regulates · rank #19,435 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,435
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rebate
Nearest frequency peer: rebate (-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 “regulates”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Rea
Rea
80,569 corpus weight
- reasoned
reasoned
80,568 corpus weight
- rebate
rebate
80,567 corpus weight
- regulates
regulates
80,566 corpus weight
- reins
reins
80,565 corpus weight
- resurgence
resurgence
80,564 corpus weight
What this shows “regulates” 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 | regulates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “regulates”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around regulates, averb. Corpus frequency is #19,435 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of regulate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for regulates, with forms such as "ergulates", "reggulates", and "regluates". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "regulator", "regulate", "regulated", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is regulates, spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of regulate
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how regulates appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergulates
- reggulates
- regluates
- regualtes
- regulaets
- regulatess
- regulatse
- regulattes
- regullates
- regultaes
- reuglates
- rgeulates
- rregulates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regulates - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).