senses

/ˈsɛnsɪz/

//ˈsɛnsɪz// noun

"senses" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“senses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,088
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of sense

Corpus desk

Index EN-senses · senses · English

senses · rank #8,088 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,088
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sculpture

Nearest frequency peer: sculpture (-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 “senses”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “senses” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

senses vs SNES
0% similar
senses vs sexes
67% similar
senses vs series
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for senses
PropertyValue
Headwordsenses
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɛnsɪz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,088
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “senses”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).senseslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “sculpture” (#8,087), “sensor” (#8,089), “runway” (#8,086). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “senses” is #8,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around senses (IPA /ˈsɛnsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,088 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of sense".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for senses, with forms such as "esnses", "seness", and "sennses". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "SNES", "sexes", "series", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is senses, spelled S-E-N-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of sense

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnses
  • seness
  • sennses
  • sensess
  • sensses
  • sesnes
  • sneses
  • ssenses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of senses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esnses2seness2sennses1sensess1sensses1sesnes2sneses2ssenses1
Edit distance from "senses"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "senses"?
"senses" is spelled S-E-N-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛnsɪz/.
What does "senses" mean?
As a noun, "senses" means: plural of sense
What words are commonly confused with "senses"?
"senses" is commonly confused with "SNES", "sexes", "series". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "senses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "senses" is /ˈsɛnsɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "senses" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "senses", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list