stablemate
"stablemate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stablemate” is uncommon English (frequency #81,852 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,852
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stablemate · stablemate · English
stablemate · rank #81,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,852
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Stackpole
Nearest frequency peer: Stackpole (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “stablemate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- speedup
speedup
18,157 corpus weight
- spork
spork
18,152 corpus weight
- spymaster
spymaster
18,151 corpus weight
- stablemate
stablemate
18,149 corpus weight
- Stackpole
Stackpole
18,148 corpus weight
- stoically
stoically
18,141 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stablemate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stablemate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stablemate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stablemate is uncommon English at frequency #81,852 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
stablemate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stable + -mate. The correct English form is stablemate, spelled S-T-A-B-L-E-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.
- 2One from the same organization or background.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stablemate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That is why we are stepping in to fill the gap, partnering with the homeless charity Centrepoint, its patron the Duke of Cambridge (rather helpful in getting things done), various tech partners and our former stablemates, The Independent and the London Evening Standard.
Etymology
From stable + -mate.
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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