standings

noun

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"standings" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“standings” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,920
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.

Corpus desk

Index EN-standings · standings · English

standings · rank #15,920 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,920
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stalk

Nearest frequency peer: stalk (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “standings”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

standings vs stranding
78% similar
standings vs sanding
78% similar
standings vs standing
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for standings
PropertyValue
Headwordstandings
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,920
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “standings”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).standingslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “stalk” (#15,919), “statesman” (#15,921), “Stains” (#15,918). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “standings” is #15,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around standings, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,920 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for standings, with forms such as "satndings", "sstandings", and "stadnings". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "stranding", "sanding", "standing", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 standings, spelled S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I don't look at the standings because my team is doing poorly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satndings
  • sstandings
  • stadnings
  • standdings
  • standigns
  • standinggs
  • standingss
  • standinngs
  • standinsg
  • standnigs
  • stanidngs
  • stanndings
  • stnadings
  • sttandings
  • tsandings

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of standings - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

satndings2sstandings1stadnings2standdings1standigns2standinggs1standingss1standinngs1
Edit distance from "standings"

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 "standings"?
"standings" is spelled S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G-S.
What does "standings" mean?
As a noun, "standings" means: A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.
What words are commonly confused with "standings"?
"standings" is commonly confused with "stranding", "sanding", "standing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "standings" come from?
"standings" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

statesman#15,921stabilize#15,917surrounds#15,926symbolism#15,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list