statorvsstatsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,503
“stator” frequency rank
#4,124
“stats” frequency rank
48627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stator stats
Definition The stationary part of a motor or other machine. Clipping of statistics (the subject).

Letter map: stator vs stats

Shared letters muted; letters that set stator and stats apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
stator
5 ch
stats

Pair insight - stator / stats

stator and stats 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 48627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stator is recorded at frequency rank #44,503, classified as anoun. 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 48627, this pair ranks #191,259 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stator vs stats

Shared letters: ast. Private to "stator": or. Private to "stats": -.

"stator" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "stats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statorsattor · sstator · staotr · statorr · statro · stattor · sttaor · sttator
  • statssatts · sstats · stast · statss · statts · sttas · sttats · tsats

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stator" and "stats" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "stator" or "stats" show up more?
"stats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,124 in our English list, against #44,503 for "stator". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "stator" vs "stats" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stator" 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 #191,259 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stator" and "stats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Seaton vs stator". 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 #191,259 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