spouses

/ˈspaʊ.sɪz/

//ˈspaʊ.sɪz// noun

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"spouses" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spouses” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,638
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of spouse

Corpus desk

Index EN-spouses · spouses · English

spouses · rank #14,638 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,638
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH starvation

Nearest frequency peer: starvation (+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 “spouses”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “spouses” 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).

spouses vs spouse
86% similar
spouses vs spousal
71% similar

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

Key facts for spouses
PropertyValue
Headwordspouses
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈspaʊ.sɪz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,638
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spouses”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).spouseslands 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 “starvation” (#14,639), “spanning” (#14,636), “starve” (#14,640). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spouses” is #14,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around spouses (IPA /ˈspaʊ.sɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,638 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of spouse".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spouses, with forms such as "psouses", "sopuses", and "sposues". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spouse", "spousal", 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 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 spouses, spelled S-P-O-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of spouse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psouses
  • sopuses
  • sposues
  • spouess
  • spousess
  • spousses
  • sppouses
  • spuoses
  • sspouses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spouses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

psouses2sopuses2sposues2spouess2spousess1spousses1sppouses1spuoses2
Edit distance from "spouses"

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 "spouses"?
"spouses" is spelled S-P-O-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈspaʊ.sɪz/.
What does "spouses" mean?
As a noun, "spouses" means: plural of spouse
What words are commonly confused with "spouses"?
"spouses" is commonly confused with "spouse", "spousal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spouses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spouses" is /ˈspaʊ.sɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spouses" come from?
"spouses" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tsunami#14,655turmoil#14,657tyranny#14,659presses#14,616

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

starve9 variantssocket9 variantssneaky9 variantssexism9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list