# stable

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ · frequency rank #3,139

## Definitions
1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
2. All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
5. A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
6. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
7. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
8. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.

## Etymology
From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum.

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-state)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-style)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stage)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stole)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stake)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stare)
- **stall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stall)
- **stalk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stalk)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stale)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stave)
- **stade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stade)
- **statue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-statue)
- **stance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stance)
- **staple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-staple)
- **Steele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-steele)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-starve)
- **Stalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stalls)
- **stifle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stifle)
- **Stanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stanley)
- **stumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stumble)

## Common misspellings (10)
`satble`, `sstable`, `stabble`, `stabel`, `stablle`, `stalbe`, `stbale`, `stible`, `sttable`, `tsable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stable