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“stingy” and “stoney” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,034
- “stingy” frequency rank
- #38,182
- “stoney” frequency rank
- 66216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stingy | stoney |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean. | Obsolete form of stony. |
Letter map: stingy vs stoney
Shared letters muted; letters that set stingy and stoney apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stingy (CCVCCV) and stoney (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Spelling & dictionary notes on stingy vs stoney
stingy and stoney 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stingy is recorded at frequency rank #28,034, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/. stoney is at rank #38,182, tagged as anadj.
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 66216, this pair ranks #69,034 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stingy vs stoney
Shared letters: nsty. Private to "stingy": gi. Private to "stoney": eo.
"stingy" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "stoney" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "stingy" vs "stoney" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "stingy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stoney" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,034 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stingy" and "stoney" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stoney vs stover". 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 #69,034 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.