wagers

noun

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"wagers" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wagers” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,963
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-wagers · wagers · English

wagers · rank #40,963 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,963
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH vroom

Nearest frequency peer: vroom (-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 “wagers”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “wagers” 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).

wagers vs wars
67% similar
wagers vs Water
50% similar
wagers vs Wales
50% similar

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

Key facts for wagers
PropertyValue
Headwordwagers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,963
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wagers”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).wagerslands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “vroom” (#40,962), “vom” (#40,961), “WaPo” (#40,965). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wagers” is #40,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around wagers, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,963 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of wager".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for wagers, with forms such as "awgers", "waegrs", and "wagerrs". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "wars", "Water", "Wales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is wagers, spelled W-A-G-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of wager

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Some gamblers make wagers all day long.
  2. The Spartans were wagers of war.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awgers
  • waegrs
  • wagerrs
  • wagerss
  • wagesr
  • waggers
  • wagres
  • wgaers
  • wwagers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wagers - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

awgers2waegrs2wagerrs1wagerss1wagesr2waggers1wagres2wgaers2
Edit distance from "wagers"

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 "wagers"?
"wagers" is spelled W-A-G-E-R-S.
What does "wagers" mean?
As a noun, "wagers" means: plural of wager
What words are commonly confused with "wagers"?
"wagers" is commonly confused with "wars", "Water", "Wales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "wagers" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list