staircase

Name: staircase, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/

//ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“staircase” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,429
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flight of stairs; a stairway.

Corpus desk

Index EN-staircase · staircase · English

staircase · rank #13,429 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,429
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH stabbing

Nearest frequency peer: stabbing (-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.

similarity

86,576
smelling

86,575
socio

86,574
stabbing

86,573
staircase

86,572
stamped

86,571

What this shows “staircase” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for staircase
Property	Value
Headword	staircase
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#13,429
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “staircase”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).staircaselands here:

#13,429

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “stabbing” (#13,428), “stamped” (#13,430), “socio” (#13,427). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “staircase” is #13,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around staircase (IPA /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,429 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for staircase, with forms such as "satircase", "sstaircase", and "staicrase". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From stair + case. The correct English form is staircase, spelled S-T-A-I-R-C-A-S-E.

Definition

1
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
2
A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
3
A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how staircase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell
Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

Etymology

From stair + case.

This word in other languages

escalera(Español)escalier(Français)Stiege(Deutsch)escadaria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

satircase
sstaircase
staicrase
stairacse
staircaes
staircasse
stairccase
staircsae
stairrcase
staricase
stiarcase
sttaircase
tsaircase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of staircase - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "staircase"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "staircase"?

"staircase" is spelled S-T-A-I-R-C-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/.

What does "staircase" mean?

As a noun, "staircase" means: A flight of stairs; a stairway.

What are common misspellings of "staircase"?

Common misspellings include "satircase", "sstaircase", "staicrase", "stairacse", "staircaes". The correct spelling is "staircase".

How do you pronounce "staircase"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "staircase" is /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "staircase"?

From stair + case. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "staircase", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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