replies
/ɹɪˈplaɪz/
"replies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“replies” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,732
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of reply
Corpus desk
Index EN-replies · replies · English
replies · rank #7,732 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,732
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH relieved
Nearest frequency peer: relieved (-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 “replies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Reagan
Reagan
92,272 corpus weight
- ref
ref
92,271 corpus weight
- relieved
relieved
92,270 corpus weight
- replies
replies
92,269 corpus weight
- reservation
reservation
92,268 corpus weight
- rhetoric
rhetoric
92,267 corpus weight
What this shows “replies” 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 | replies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈplaɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “replies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around replies (IPA /ɹɪˈplaɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,732 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of reply".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for replies, with forms such as "erplies", "relpies", and "repiles". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "relief", "relics", "replied", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is replies, spelled R-E-P-L-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of reply
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erplies
- relpies
- repiles
- repleis
- repliess
- replise
- repllies
- repplies
- rpelies
- rreplies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of replies - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "replies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).