wagers

noun

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

The verdict

“wagers” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,963 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#40,963
frequency rank, English
6
letters
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of wager

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)

Where “wagers” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for wagers is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,963 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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?
"wagers" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “wagers”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-G-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “wars” - see the side-by-side comparison. wagers vs wars
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list