stabilise
"stabilise" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stabilise” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,900
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stabilise · stabilise · English
stabilise · rank #41,900 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,900
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stopover
Nearest frequency peer: stopover (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stabilise”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sorrowful
sorrowful
58,105 corpus weight
- splat
splat
58,103 corpus weight
- stabilise
stabilise
58,101 corpus weight
- stopover
stopover
58,100 corpus weight
- Suga
Suga
58,099 corpus weight
- Technicolor
Technicolor
58,098 corpus weight
What this shows “stabilise” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stabilise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stabilise”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around stabilise, averb. Corpus frequency is #41,900 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for stabilise, with forms such as "satbilise", "sstabilise", and "stabbilise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "stability", "stabilize", "stabilizer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stable + -ise. The correct English form is stabilise, spelled S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stabilize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stabilise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity.
Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
Etymology
From stable + -ise.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satbilise
- sstabilise
- stabbilise
- stabiilse
- stabilies
- stabilisse
- stabillise
- stabilsie
- stabliise
- staiblise
- stbailise
- sttabilise
- tsabilise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stabilise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).