tongues
/tʌŋz/
"tongues" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tongues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,150
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of tongue
Corpus desk
Index EN-tongues · tongues · English
tongues · rank #16,150 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,150
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH texted
Nearest frequency peer: texted (-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 “tongues”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- synagogue
synagogue
83,854 corpus weight
- tentative
tentative
83,853 corpus weight
- texted
texted
83,852 corpus weight
- tongues
tongues
83,851 corpus weight
- topical
topical
83,850 corpus weight
- uhh
uhh
83,848 corpus weight
What this shows “tongues” 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 | tongues |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʌŋz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tongues”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around tongues (IPA /tʌŋz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,150 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of tongue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tongues, with forms such as "otngues", "tnogues", and "tognues". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tones", "tongs", "tongue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is tongues, spelled T-O-N-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of tongue
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otngues
- tnogues
- tognues
- tongeus
- tonggues
- tonguess
- tonguse
- tonngues
- tonuges
- ttongues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tongues - 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 "tongues", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).