vowels
/ˈvaʊəlz/
"vowels" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vowels” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,263
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of vowel
Corpus desk
Index EN-vowels · vowels · English
vowels · rank #22,263 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,263
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vertex
Nearest frequency peer: vertex (-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 “vowels”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- vertebrae
vertebrae
77,740 corpus weight
- vertex
vertex
77,739 corpus weight
- vowels
vowels
77,738 corpus weight
- Vuitton
Vuitton
77,737 corpus weight
- wheeling
wheeling
77,736 corpus weight
- whistling
whistling
77,735 corpus weight
What this shows “vowels” 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 | vowels |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvaʊəlz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vowels”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around vowels (IPA /ˈvaʊəlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,263 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of vowel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vowels, with forms such as "ovwels", "voewls", and "vowells". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "votes", "vowed", "vowel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is vowels, spelled V-O-W-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of vowel
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovwels
- voewls
- vowells
- vowelss
- vowesl
- vowles
- vowwels
- vvowels
- vwoels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vowels - 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.
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 "vowels", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).