words

/\ˈwɝdz\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,294

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

words is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de word. Pronounced \ˈwɝdz\. Often confused with work and world.

Key facts for words
PropertyValue
Headwordwords
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈwɝdz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,294
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of words in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for words is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈwɝdz\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,294 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de word.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for words, with forms such as "owrds", "wodrs", and "wordds". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "work", "world", "works", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is words, spelled W-O-R-D-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de word.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owrds,wodrs,wordds,wordss,worrds,worsd,wrods,wwords

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for words

Misspelling Variants of "words"

owrds5wodrs5wordds6wordss6worrds6worsd5wrods5wwords6
Misspelling Variants of "words"

Frequency rank: #27,294 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "words"?
"words" is spelled W-O-R-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɝdz\.
What does "words" mean?
As a noun, "words" means: Pluriel de word.
What words are commonly confused with "words"?
"words" is commonly confused with "work", "world", "works". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "words"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "words" is \ˈwɝdz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "words" come from?
"words" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.