sits
/sɪts/
"sits" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sits” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,364
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of sit
Corpus desk
Index EN-sits · sits · English
sits · rank #5,364 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,364
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH significance
Nearest frequency peer: significance (-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 “sits”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- she'll
she'll
94,640 corpus weight
- shoulders
shoulders
94,639 corpus weight
- significance
significance
94,638 corpus weight
- sits
sits
94,637 corpus weight
- sizes
sizes
94,636 corpus weight
- slept
slept
94,635 corpus weight
What this shows “sits” 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 | sits |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪts/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sits”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sits (IPA /sɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,364 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of sit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sits, with forms such as "ists", "sist", and "sitss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SS", "six", "SMS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sits, spelled S-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of sit
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ists
- sist
- sitss
- sitts
- ssits
- stis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sits - 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 "sits", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).