women's

/ˈwɪmɪnz/

//ˈwɪmɪnz// noun

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

The verdict

“women's” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,057
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - possessive case of women: belonging to some or all female humans.

Corpus desk

Index EN-women-s · women's · English

women's · rank #2,057 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,057
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wins

Nearest frequency peer: wins (-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 “women's”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “women's” 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).

women's vs womens
86% similar
women's vs women
71% similar
women's vs when's
71% similar

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

Key facts for women's
PropertyValue
Headwordwomen's
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwɪmɪnz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,057
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “women's”

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

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “wins” (#2,056), “appearance” (#2,058), “suit” (#2,055). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “women's” is #2,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around women's (IPA /ˈwɪmɪnz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,057 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for women's, with forms such as "owmen's", "wmoen's", and "woemn's". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "womens", "women", "when's", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is women's, spelled W-O-M-E-N-'-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    possessive case of women: belonging to some or all female humans.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of women’s room (“a lavatory intended for use by women”).
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of women's department (“an area selling clothing for adult females in a department store”).

Synonyms

bathroom

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owmen's
  • wmoen's
  • woemn's
  • wome'ns
  • women'ss
  • womenn's
  • womens'
  • wommen's
  • womne's
  • wwomen's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of women's - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

owmen's2wmoen's2woemn's2wome'ns2women'ss1womenn's1womens'2wommen's1
Edit distance from "women's"

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 "women's"?
"women's" is spelled W-O-M-E-N-'-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɪmɪnz/.
What does "women's" mean?
As a noun, "women's" means: possessive case of women: belonging to some or all female humans.
What words are commonly confused with "women's"?
"women's" is commonly confused with "womens", "women", "when's". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "women's"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "women's" is /ˈwɪmɪnz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "women's" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list