# scales

> English word · Noun · IPA /skeɪlz/ · frequency rank #7,390

## Definitions
1. plural of scale

## Easily confused with
- **scare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scare)
- **seals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-seals)
- **scars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scars)
- **shale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-shale)
- **scalp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scalp)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-stale)
- **scaly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scaly)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-states)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scared)
- **shares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-shares)
- **scenes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scenes)
- **scores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scores)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-stages)
- **spaces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-spaces)
- **slaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-slaves)
- **sealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-sealed)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-stakes)
- **shades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-shades)
- **shapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-shapes)
- **smiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-smiles)

## Common misspellings (9)
`csales`, `sacles`, `scaels`, `scaless`, `scalles`, `scalse`, `sccales`, `sclaes`, `sscales`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scales