stagflation
/ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃn̩/
"stagflation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stagflation” is uncommon English (frequency #86,788 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,788
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stagflation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stagflation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stagflation is uncommon English at frequency #86,788 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stagflation, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of stagnation + inflation, generally thought to have been coined by the British politician Iain Macleod (1913–1970) in a 17 November 1965 parliamentary speech: see the quotation. The correct English form is stagflation, spelled S-T-A-G-F-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.
Etymology
Blend of stagnation + inflation, generally thought to have been coined by the British politician Iain Macleod (1913–1970) in a 17 November 1965 parliamentary speech: see the quotation.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-G-F-L-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.