weapons
/ˈwɛpənz/
"weapons" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weapons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,848
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of weapon
Corpus desk
Index EN-weapons · weapons · English
weapons · rank #1,848 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,848
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH violence
Nearest frequency peer: violence (-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 “weapons”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unique
unique
98,156 corpus weight
- variety
variety
98,155 corpus weight
- violence
violence
98,154 corpus weight
- weapons
weapons
98,153 corpus weight
- yours
yours
98,152 corpus weight
- youth
youth
98,151 corpus weight
What this shows “weapons” 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 | weapons |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛpənz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “weapons”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around weapons (IPA /ˈwɛpənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,848 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of weapon".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weapons, with forms such as "ewapons", "waepons", and "weaopns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "weapon", "weaponry", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is weapons, spelled W-E-A-P-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of weapon
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewapons
- waepons
- weaopns
- weapnos
- weaponns
- weaponss
- weaposn
- weappons
- wepaons
- wweapons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weapons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "weapons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).