scales
/skeɪlz/
"scales" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scales” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,390
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of scale
Corpus desk
Index EN-scales · scales · English
scales · rank #7,390 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,390
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH satisfy
Nearest frequency peer: satisfy (-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 “scales”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rushed
rushed
92,614 corpus weight
- sanders
sanders
92,613 corpus weight
- satisfy
satisfy
92,612 corpus weight
- scales
scales
92,611 corpus weight
- seasonal
seasonal
92,610 corpus weight
- sensible
sensible
92,608 corpus weight
What this shows “scales” 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 | scales |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skeɪlz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “scales”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around scales (IPA /skeɪlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,390 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of scale".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for scales, with forms such as "csales", "sacles", and "scaels". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "scare", "seals", "scars", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is scales, spelled S-C-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of scale
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- csales
- sacles
- scaels
- scaless
- scalles
- scalse
- sccales
- sclaes
- sscales
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scales - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "scales", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).