tendencies
/ˈtɛndənsiz/
"tendencies" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tendencies” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,254
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of tendency
Corpus desk
Index EN-tendencies · tendencies · English
tendencies · rank #13,254 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,254
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tease
Nearest frequency peer: tease (-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 “tendencies”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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86,751 corpus weight
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86,749 corpus weight
- tease
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86,748 corpus weight
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tendencies
86,747 corpus weight
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86,746 corpus weight
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86,745 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tendencies” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tendencies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛndənsiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tendencies” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around tendencies (IPA /ˈtɛndənsiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,254 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of tendency".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendencies, with forms such as "etndencies", "tednencies", and "tenddencies". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is tendencies, spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of tendency
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etndencies
- tednencies
- tenddencies
- tendecnies
- tendenccies
- tendenceis
- tendenciess
- tendencise
- tendenices
- tendenncies
- tendnecies
- tenedncies
- tenndencies
- tnedencies
- ttendencies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendencies - 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 "tendencies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 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.