stasis
sta·sis/ˈsteɪsɪs/noun
stasis is spelled S-T-A-S-I-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sta·sis). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stasis means “A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stasis is stases.
How many letters and syllables are in stasis?
| Letters | 6: S-T-A-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sta·sis |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stasis?
Stasis appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stasis?
- UK /ˈsteɪsɪs/
- UK /ˈstæ-/
- US /ˈsteɪsɪs/
Stasis has 2 syllables, split sta·sis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-stasis.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stasis?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stasis from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsɪs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: assist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of stasis
- stases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stasis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
- 2
Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
His company was sized for growth, not stasis.
- 3
A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!
- 4
One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stasis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Blutstau , Stillstand, Statik, Stau |
| Spanish | estasis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stasis come from?
From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).