Stace
/steɪs/
"stace" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stace” is uncommon English (frequency #82,804 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,804
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A diminutive of the female given name Stacey.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /steɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stace” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stace is uncommon English at frequency #82,804 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /steɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Stace has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Stace, spelled S-T-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the female given name Stacey.
- 2A surname.
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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Using “Stace”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /steɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.