# Stains

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,918

## Definitions
1. A city in Seine-Saint-Denis department, France.

## Etymology
From French Stains.

## Easily confused with
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stan)
- **stand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stand)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stars)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stays)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-sting)
- **stein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stein)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stint)
- **stink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stink)
- **stair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stair)
- **swain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-swain)
- **stank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stank)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-states)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-status)
- **stands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stands)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-string)
- **strain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-strain)
- **stairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stairs)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stakes)
- **stamps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stamps)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satins`, `sstains`, `stainns`, `stainss`, `staisn`, `stanis`, `stians`, `sttains`, `tsains`

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