spoons
/spuːnz/
"spoons" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spoons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,232
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
Corpus desk
Index EN-spoons · spoons · English
spoons · rank #20,232 · 9 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,232
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH splinter
Nearest frequency peer: splinter (-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 “spoons”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spanking
spanking
79,772 corpus weight
- specialize
specialize
79,771 corpus weight
- splinter
splinter
79,770 corpus weight
- spoons
spoons
79,769 corpus weight
- squire
squire
79,767 corpus weight
- standout
standout
79,766 corpus weight
What this shows “spoons” 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 | spoons |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /spuːnz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spoons”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around spoons (IPA /spuːnz/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,232 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spoons, with forms such as "psoons", "sopons", and "sponos". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "spots", "swoon", "sports", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is spoons, spelled S-P-O-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spoons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."
[…] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psoons
- sopons
- sponos
- spons
- spoonns
- spoonss
- spoosn
- sppoons
- sspoons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spoons - 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 "spoons", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).