Which to use
“ship” and “STI” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,254
- “ship” frequency rank
- #26,266
- “STI” frequency rank
- 27520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | STI |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. | Initialism of sexually transmitted infection (also S.T.I.). |
Letter map: ship vs STI
Shared letters muted; letters that set ship and STI apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
ship and STI are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ship is recorded at frequency rank #1,254, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɪp/. STI is at rank #26,266, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27520, this pair ranks #378,286 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs STI
Shared letters: is. Private to "ship": hp. Private to "STI": t.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "STI" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship