varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
"varieties" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“varieties” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,758
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of variety.
Corpus desk
Index EN-varieties · varieties · English
varieties · rank #7,758 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,758
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Troy
Nearest frequency peer: Troy (-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 “varieties”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tracked
tracked
92,246 corpus weight
- Troy
Troy
92,244 corpus weight
- varieties
varieties
92,243 corpus weight
- vegan
vegan
92,242 corpus weight
- waking
waking
92,241 corpus weight
- Walmart
Walmart
92,240 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “varieties” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | varieties |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “varieties” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around varieties (IPA /vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,758 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of variety.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for varieties, with forms such as "avrieties", "vaireties", and "vareiteis". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is varieties, spelled V-A-R-I-E-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of variety.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how varieties appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avrieties
- vaireties
- vareiteis
- vareities
- varieites
- varieteis
- varietiess
- varietise
- varietties
- variteies
- varrieties
- vraieties
- vvarieties
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of varieties - 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 September 3, 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 "varieties", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,758 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.