ues
/ˈjuːz/
"ues" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ues” is uncommon English (frequency #71,995 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,995
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of u, the name of the letter U.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ues · ues · English
ues · rank #71,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,995
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH ultramarine
Nearest frequency peer: ultramarine (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “ues”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- truncate
truncate
28,010 corpus weight
- ues
ues
28,006 corpus weight
- ultramarine
ultramarine
28,005 corpus weight
- uncheck
uncheck
28,004 corpus weight
- underling
underling
28,003 corpus weight
- unimproved
unimproved
28,001 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ues” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ues |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjuːz/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ues” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ues is uncommon English at frequency #71,995 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of u, the name of the letter U.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ues in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ues, spelled U-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of u, the name of the letter U.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
WWW: three double-ues.
These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
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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