remains
/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
"remains" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remains” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,672 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,672
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
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 | remains |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remains” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for remains is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,672 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for remains, with forms such as "ermains", "reamins", and "remainns". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "remind", "retain", "Romans", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is remains, spelled R-E-M-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
- 2Historical or archaeological relics.
- 3The extant writings of a deceased person.
- 4All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ermains,reamins,remainns,remainss,remaisn,remanis,remians,remmains,rmeains,rremains
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remains - 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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Using “remains”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-M-A-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “remind” - see the side-by-side comparison. remains vs remind
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.