symptoms
/ˈsɪmptəmz/
"symptoms" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“symptoms” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,142
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of symptom
Corpus desk
Index EN-symptoms · symptoms · English
symptoms · rank #3,142 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #3,142
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH supplies
Nearest frequency peer: supplies (-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 “symptoms”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- stable
stable
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
- trick
trick
96,856 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “symptoms” 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 | symptoms |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪmptəmz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “symptoms” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around symptoms (IPA /ˈsɪmptəmz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,142 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of symptom".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for symptoms, with forms such as "smyptoms", "ssymptoms", and "symmptoms". 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, "symptom", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is symptoms, spelled S-Y-M-P-T-O-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of symptom
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- smyptoms
- ssymptoms
- symmptoms
- sympotms
- sympptoms
- symptmos
- symptomms
- symptomss
- symptosm
- sympttoms
- symtpoms
- sypmtoms
- syymptoms
- ysmptoms
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of symptoms - 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.
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 "symptoms", 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 (14 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.