# Stasi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɑːzi/ · frequency rank #37,706

## Definitions
1. The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

## Etymology
From German Stasi, abbreviation of Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (“Ministry for State Security”).

## Easily confused with
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-sts)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-sti)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stay)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stat)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-state)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stays)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stave)
- **swami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-swami)
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-static)
- **stasis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stasi-vs-stasis)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sas-vs-stasi)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sta-vs-stasi)
- **sai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sai-vs-stasi)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ssi-vs-stasi)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-stasi)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-stasi)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-stasi)
- **stab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stab-vs-stasi)
- **Sami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sami-vs-stasi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`satsi`, `sstasi`, `stais`, `stsai`, `sttasi`, `tsasi`

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