restrictions
/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃənz/
"restrictions" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“restrictions” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,263
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of restriction
Corpus desk
Index EN-restrictions · restrictions · English
restrictions · rank #4,263 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #4,263
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH relation
Nearest frequency peer: relation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “restrictions”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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95,741 corpus weight
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95,739 corpus weight
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95,738 corpus weight
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95,737 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “restrictions” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | restrictions |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃənz/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “restrictions” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around restrictions (IPA /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,263 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of restriction".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for restrictions, with forms such as "erstrictions", "resrtictions", and "resstrictions". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "restriction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is restrictions, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of restriction
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how restrictions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Restrictions may apply.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erstrictions
- resrtictions
- resstrictions
- restirctions
- restrcitions
- restricctions
- restricitons
- restrictinos
- restrictionns
- restrictionss
- restrictiosn
- restrictoins
- restricttions
- restritcions
- restrrictions
- resttrictions
- retsrictions
- rrestrictions
- rsetrictions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restrictions - 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 "restrictions", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "restriction". View pair
- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,263 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.