Stanislaus
/ˈstænɪslɔːs/
"stanislaus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stanislaus” is uncommon English (frequency #52,020 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,020
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from the Slavic languages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stanislaus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈstænɪslɔːs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stanislaus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stanislaus is uncommon English at frequency #52,020 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstænɪslɔːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Stanislaus in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”). The correct English form is Stanislaus, spelled S-T-A-N-I-S-L-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Slavic languages.
- 2A surname from the Slavic languages.
Etymology
From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”).
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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Using “Stanislaus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-N-I-S-L-A-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.