things
/ˈθɪŋz/
"things" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“things” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #179
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of thing
Corpus desk
Index EN-things · things · English
things · rank #179 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #179
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH own
Nearest frequency peer: own (-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 “things”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- another
another
99,825 corpus weight
- does
does
99,824 corpus weight
- own
own
99,823 corpus weight
- things
things
99,822 corpus weight
- under
under
99,821 corpus weight
- during
during
99,820 corpus weight
What this shows “things” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | things |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈθɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “things”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around things (IPA /ˈθɪŋz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #179 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of thing".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for things, with forms such as "htings", "thhings", and "thigns". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "this", "ting", "think", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is things, spelled T-H-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of thing
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htings
- thhings
- thigns
- thinggs
- thingss
- thinngs
- thinsg
- thnigs
- tihngs
- tthings
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of things - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "things", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).