# whales

> English word · Noun · IPA /weɪlz/ · frequency rank #10,154

## Definitions
1. plural of whale

## Easily confused with
- **while** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-while)
- **whole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-whole)
- **whats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-whats)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-wiles)
- **what's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-what-s)
- **whites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-whites)
- **whores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-whores)
- **wheres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whales-vs-wheres)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wale-vs-whales)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walls-vs-whales)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-whales)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waves-vs-whales)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walks-vs-whales)
- **wages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-whales)
- **whale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whale-vs-whales)
- **wares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wares-vs-whales)
- **Welles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-whales)
- **Whalen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whalen-vs-whales)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hwales`, `wahles`, `whaels`, `whaless`, `whalles`, `whalse`, `whhales`, `whlaes`, `wwhales`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/whales