worms

/\wɜːms\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,777

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

worms is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de worm. Pronounced \wɜːms\. Often confused with worth and wars.

Key facts for worms
PropertyValue
Headwordworms
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wɜːms\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,777
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for worms is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \wɜːms\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,777 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 worm.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for worms, with forms such as "owrms", "womrs", and "wormms". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "worth", "wars", "work", 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 worms, spelled W-O-R-M-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 worm.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owrms,womrs,wormms,wormss,worrms,worsm,wroms,wworms

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for worms

Misspelling Variants of "worms"

owrms5womrs5wormms6wormss6worrms6worsm5wroms5wworms6
Misspelling Variants of "worms"

Frequency rank: #35,777 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "worms"?
"worms" is spelled W-O-R-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is \wɜːms\.
What does "worms" mean?
As a noun, "worms" means: Pluriel de worm.
What words are commonly confused with "worms"?
"worms" is commonly confused with "worth", "wars", "work". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "worms"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "worms" is \wɜːms\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "worms" come from?
"worms" 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.