something's

contraction

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

"something-s" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“something's” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,494
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction of something + is.

Corpus desk

Index EN-something-s · something's · English

something's · rank #17,494 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,494
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH soar

Nearest frequency peer: soar (-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 “something's”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “something's” 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).

something's vs something
82% similar

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

Key facts for something's
PropertyValue
Headwordsomething's
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechContraction
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,494
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “something's”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).something'slands 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 “soar” (#17,493), “spherical” (#17,495), “snapshot” (#17,492). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “something's” is #17,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around something's, acontraction. Corpus frequency is #17,494 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for something's, with forms such as "osmething's", "smoething's", and "soemthing's". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "something", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is something's, spelled S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G-'-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contraction of something + is.
  2. 2
    Contraction of something + has.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how something's appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Something's going wrong.
  2. Something's just fallen off the shelf.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osmething's
  • smoething's
  • soemthing's
  • somehting's
  • somethhing's
  • somethign's
  • somethin'gs
  • something'ss
  • somethingg's
  • somethings'
  • somethinng's
  • somethnig's
  • sometihng's
  • sometthing's
  • sommething's
  • somtehing's
  • ssomething's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of something's - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osmething's2smoething's2soemthing's2somehting's2somethhing's1somethign's2somethin'gs2something'ss1
Edit distance from "something's"

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 "something's"?
"something's" is spelled S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G-'-S.
What does "something's" mean?
As a contraction, "something's" means: Contraction of something + is.
What words are commonly confused with "something's"?
"something's" is commonly confused with "something". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "something's" come from?
"something's" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "something's", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

troublesome#17,509caterpillar#17,563directional#17,592imperialism#17,637

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

playwright17 variantsintermittent17 variantsheterosexual17 variantsincremental17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list