stater
/ˈsteɪtə/
"stater" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stater” is uncommon English (frequency #86,792 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,792
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stater · stater · English
stater · rank #86,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,792
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH starbase
Nearest frequency peer: starbase (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “stater”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stagflation
stagflation
13,213 corpus weight
- Stanly
Stanly
13,211 corpus weight
- starbase
starbase
13,210 corpus weight
- stater
stater
13,209 corpus weight
- Staub
Staub
13,208 corpus weight
- stell
stell
13,206 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stater” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪtə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stater” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stater is uncommon English at frequency #86,792 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsteɪtə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stater, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr). The correct English form is stater, spelled S-T-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).