violins

noun

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"violins" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“violins” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,821
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of violin

Corpus desk

Index EN-violins · violins · English

violins · rank #31,821 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,821
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vishnu

Nearest frequency peer: Vishnu (+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 “violins”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “violins” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

violins vs violin
86% similar
violins vs violent
71% similar
violins vs violinist
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for violins
PropertyValue
Headwordviolins
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,821
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “violins”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).violinslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Vishnu” (#31,822), “vindication” (#31,819), “vive” (#31,823). Among 969 “V” headwords, “violins” is #31,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around violins, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,821 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for violins, with forms such as "ivolins", "viloins", and "vioilns". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "violin", "violent", "violinist", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is violins, spelled V-I-O-L-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of violin
  2. 2
    the violin section of an orchestra

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how violins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The violins played most strenuously, but no one attended to them.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivolins
  • viloins
  • vioilns
  • violinns
  • violinss
  • violisn
  • viollins
  • violnis
  • voilins
  • vviolins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violins - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivolins2viloins2vioilns2violinns1violinss1violisn2viollins1violnis2
Edit distance from "violins"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violins"?
"violins" is spelled V-I-O-L-I-N-S.
What does "violins" mean?
As a noun, "violins" means: plural of violin
What words are commonly confused with "violins"?
"violins" is commonly confused with "violin", "violent", "violinist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "violins" come from?
"violins" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "violins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wyndham#31,838Thurman#31,799Thoreau#31,797thereto#31,795

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

thorny10 variantssomatic10 variantsBatista10 variantsBeowulf10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list