vessels
/ˈvɛsəlz/
"vessels" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vessels” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,173
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of vessel
Corpus desk
Index EN-vessels · vessels · English
vessels · rank #5,173 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,173
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH trusted
Nearest frequency peer: trusted (-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 “vessels”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- transit
transit
94,831 corpus weight
- trucks
trucks
94,830 corpus weight
- trusted
trusted
94,829 corpus weight
- vessels
vessels
94,828 corpus weight
- villa
villa
94,827 corpus weight
- volumes
volumes
94,826 corpus weight
What this shows “vessels” 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 | vessels |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɛsəlz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vessels”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around vessels (IPA /ˈvɛsəlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,173 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of vessel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vessels, with forms such as "evssels", "vesels", and "vesesls". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vessel", "verses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is vessels, spelled V-E-S-S-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of vessel
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evssels
- vesels
- vesesls
- vessells
- vesselss
- vessesl
- vessles
- vsesels
- vvessels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vessels - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vessels", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).