static
/ˈstæt.ɪk/
"static" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“static” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,629
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
Corpus desk
Index EN-static · static · English
static · rank #6,629 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,629
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subway
Nearest frequency peer: subway (+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 “static”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- stack
stack
93,375 corpus weight
- stance
stance
93,374 corpus weight
- static
static
93,372 corpus weight
- subway
subway
93,371 corpus weight
- supportive
supportive
93,370 corpus weight
- surgical
surgical
93,369 corpus weight
What this shows “static” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | static |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstæt.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “static”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around static (IPA /ˈstæt.ɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,629 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for static, with forms such as "sattic", "sstatic", and "staitc". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stats", "stoic", "status", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic. The correct English form is static, spelled S-T-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- 2Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- 3Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- 4Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- 5Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how static appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place.
England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.
Etymology
Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sattic
- sstatic
- staitc
- statci
- staticc
- stattic
- sttaic
- sttatic
- tsatic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of static - 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.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).