Which to use
“Slates” is a name and “stats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,781
- “Slates” frequency rank
- #4,124
- “stats” frequency rank
- 50905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Slates | stats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | Clipping of statistics (the subject). |
Letter map: Slates vs stats
Shared letters muted; letters that set Slates and stats apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Slates / stats
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Slates is aname and statsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Slates is recorded at frequency rank #46,781, classified as aname. stats is at rank #4,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced /stæts/.
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 50905, this pair ranks #170,128 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Slates vs stats
Shared letters: ast. Private to "Slates": el. Private to "stats": -.
"Slates" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Slates" and "stats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Slates" or "stats" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Slates" and "stats".
- Full dictionary entry for "Slates" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,128 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Slates" and "stats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sate vs Slates". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #170,128 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.