volunteers

/vɑlənˈtɪɹz/

//vɑlənˈtɪɹz// noun

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"volunteers" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“volunteers” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,420
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-volunteers · volunteers · English

volunteers · rank #4,420 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,420
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH ton

Nearest frequency peer: ton (-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 “volunteers”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “volunteers” 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).

volunteers vs volunteer
90% similar

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

Key facts for volunteers
PropertyValue
Headwordvolunteers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɑlənˈtɪɹz/
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,420
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “volunteers”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).volunteerslands 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 “ton” (#4,419), “witnesses” (#4,421), “timing” (#4,418). Among 969 “V” headwords, “volunteers” is #4,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around volunteers (IPA /vɑlənˈtɪɹz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,420 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of volunteer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for volunteers, with forms such as "ovlunteers", "vlounteers", and "vollunteers". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "volunteer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is volunteers, spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-E-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of volunteer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlunteers
  • vlounteers
  • vollunteers
  • volnuteers
  • voluneters
  • volunnteers
  • volunteerrs
  • volunteerss
  • volunteesr
  • volunteres
  • volunters
  • voluntteers
  • volutneers
  • voulnteers
  • vvolunteers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volunteers - 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.

ovlunteers2vlounteers2vollunteers1volnuteers2voluneters2volunnteers1volunteerrs1volunteerss1
Edit distance from "volunteers"

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 "volunteers"?
"volunteers" is spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-E-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /vɑlənˈtɪɹz/.
What does "volunteers" mean?
As a noun, "volunteers" means: plural of volunteer
What words are commonly confused with "volunteers"?
"volunteers" is commonly confused with "volunteer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volunteers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volunteers" is /vɑlənˈtɪɹz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volunteers" come from?
"volunteers" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list