yesterdays
"yesterdays" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yesterdays” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,734
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of yesterday.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yesterdays · yesterdays · English
yesterdays · rank #49,734 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,734
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yau
Nearest frequency peer: Yau (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yesterdays”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wordy
wordy
50,274 corpus weight
- wove
wove
50,273 corpus weight
- Wozniak
Wozniak
50,272 corpus weight
- wraparound
wraparound
50,271 corpus weight
- Yau
Yau
50,268 corpus weight
- yesterdays
yesterdays
50,267 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yesterdays” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | yesterdays |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yesterdays” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around yesterdays, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,734 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of yesterday.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for yesterdays, with forms such as "eysterdays", "yesetrdays", and "yessterdays". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "yesterday", "yesterday's", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is yesterdays, spelled Y-E-S-T-E-R-D-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1plural of yesterday.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yesterdays appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And all our yesterdayes, haue lighted Fooles / The way to dusty death.
”We are all accumulations of our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows.” The W&M Blogs
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eysterdays
- yesetrdays
- yessterdays
- yestedrays
- yesteradys
- yesterdasy
- yesterdayss
- yesterdayys
- yesterddays
- yesterdyas
- yesterrdays
- yestredays
- yestterdays
- yetserdays
- yseterdays
- yyesterdays
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yesterdays - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yesterdays", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "yesterdays" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "yesterday". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #49,734 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.