# smalls

> English word · Noun · IPA /smɔːlz/ · frequency rank #33,422

## Definitions
1. Underwear.
2. Small goods.
3. The preliminary examination for a degree.
4. Ellipsis of small ads.

## Etymology
From small.

## Easily confused with
- **smell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-smell)
- **stall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-stall)
- **smiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-smiles)
- **Stalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-stalls)
- **spills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-spills)
- **smelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-smelly)
- **smarts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smalls-vs-smarts)
- **small** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/small-vs-smalls)
- **shall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shall-vs-smalls)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sales-vs-smalls)
- **sells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sells-vs-smalls)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sally-vs-smalls)
- **seals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seals-vs-smalls)
- **sails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sails-vs-smalls)
- **Salts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-smalls)
- **salle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salle-vs-smalls)
- **Salas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salas-vs-smalls)
- **skills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skills-vs-smalls)
- **scales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-smalls)
- **shells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-smalls)

## Common misspellings (8)
`msalls`, `samlls`, `smallss`, `smals`, `smalsl`, `smlals`, `smmalls`, `ssmalls`

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