talkies

noun

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

The verdict

“talkies” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,664
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-talkies · talkies · English

talkies · rank #49,664 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,664
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Taf

Nearest frequency peer: Taf (-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 “talkies”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “talkies” 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).

talkies vs talks
71% similar
talkies vs talking
71% similar
talkies vs Tolkien
57% similar

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

Key facts for talkies
PropertyValue
Headwordtalkies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,664
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “talkies”

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).talkieslands 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 “Taf” (#49,663), “tamales” (#49,665), “tastefully” (#49,666). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “talkies” is #49,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around talkies, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,664 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for talkies, with forms such as "atlkies", "taklies", and "talikes". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "talks", "talking", "Tolkien", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is talkies, spelled T-A-L-K-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of talkie
  2. 2
    Talking movies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how talkies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “We have just returned from the talkies.” “They should never have added sound. There was pop music and people talking all the way through it.”

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlkies
  • taklies
  • talikes
  • talkeis
  • talkiess
  • talkise
  • talkkies
  • tallkies
  • tlakies
  • ttalkies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talkies - 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.

atlkies2taklies2talikes2talkeis2talkiess1talkise2talkkies1tallkies1
Edit distance from "talkies"

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 "talkies"?
"talkies" is spelled T-A-L-K-I-E-S.
What does "talkies" mean?
As a noun, "talkies" means: plural of talkie
What words are commonly confused with "talkies"?
"talkies" is commonly confused with "talks", "talking", "Tolkien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "talkies" come from?
"talkies" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tamales#49,665stooped#49,653stilted#49,652starkly#49,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

unzipped10 variantssealant10 variantsvibrato10 variantsWozniak10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list