vertices
/ˈvɝtɪsiːz/
"vertices" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vertices” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,644
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of vertex
Corpus desk
Index EN-vertices · vertices · English
vertices · rank #30,644 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,644
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH vermin
Nearest frequency peer: vermin (-2 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 “vertices”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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utilise
69,363 corpus weight
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Valhalla
69,362 corpus weight
- Vasquez
Vasquez
69,360 corpus weight
- vermin
vermin
69,359 corpus weight
- vertices
vertices
69,357 corpus weight
- wack
wack
69,355 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vertices” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | vertices |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɝtɪsiːz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vertices” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around vertices (IPA /ˈvɝtɪsiːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,644 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of vertex".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vertices, with forms such as "evrtices", "veritces", and "verrtices". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vertical", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is vertices, spelled V-E-R-T-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of vertex
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrtices
- veritces
- verrtices
- vertcies
- verticces
- verticess
- verticse
- vertiecs
- verttices
- vetrices
- vretices
- vvertices
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vertices - 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.
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 "vertices", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 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.