supplies
/səˈplaɪz/
"supplies" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supplies” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,141
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of supply
Corpus desk
Index EN-supplies · supplies · English
supplies · rank #3,141 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,141
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH symptoms
Nearest frequency peer: symptoms (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “supplies”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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96,863 corpus weight
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96,862 corpus weight
- supplies
supplies
96,860 corpus weight
- symptoms
symptoms
96,859 corpus weight
- temporary
temporary
96,858 corpus weight
- tested
tested
96,857 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “supplies” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | supplies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /səˈplaɪz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supplies” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around supplies (IPA /səˈplaɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,141 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of supply".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for supplies, with forms such as "spuplies", "ssupplies", and "suplies". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "supple", "supplied", "supplier", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is supplies, spelled S-U-P-P-L-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of supply
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuplies
- ssupplies
- suplies
- suplpies
- suppiles
- suppleis
- suppliess
- supplise
- suppllies
- uspplies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supplies - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supplies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.