slutsvsstatsWhich spelling fits?

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“sluts” and “stats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,815
“sluts” frequency rank
#4,124
“stats” frequency rank
26939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sluts stats
Definition plural of slut Clipping of statistics (the subject).

Where the eye mixes sluts and stats

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
sluts
5 ch
stats

Why the eye confuses sluts with stats

A purely visual mix-up. sluts (/slʌts/) and stats (/stæts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sluts is recorded at frequency rank #22,815, classified as anoun, pronounced /slʌts/. 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 26939, this pair ranks #382,891 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sluts vs stats

Shared letters: st. Private to "sluts": lu. Private to "stats": a.

"sluts" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "stats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • slutslsuts · slluts · sltus · slust · slutss · slutts · ssluts · sults
  • statssatts · sstats · stast · statss · statts · sttas · sttats · tsats

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sluts" and "stats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/slʌts/ versus /stæts/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sluts" or "stats"?
"stats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,124 in our English list, against #22,815 for "sluts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "sluts" and "stats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sluts" 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 #382,891 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sluts" and "stats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sluts vs suds". 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 #382,891 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list