# spades

> English word · Noun · IPA /speɪdz/ · frequency rank #24,318

## Definitions
1. plural of spade

## Easily confused with
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spas)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spare)
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spies)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spate)
- **stade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-stade)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-states)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-stages)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spider)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-stakes)
- **Sparks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-sparks)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spared)
- **spices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spices)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-stares)
- **Spires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spires)
- **Spidey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spidey)
- **spyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spyder)
- **staves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-staves)
- **spandex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spandex)
- **sade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sade-vs-spades)
- **space** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spades)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psades`, `sapdes`, `spaddes`, `spadess`, `spadse`, `spaeds`, `spdaes`, `sppades`, `sspades`

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