station

Name: station, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈsteɪʃən/

//ˈsteɪʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“station” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,061
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stopping place.

Corpus desk

Index EN-station · station · English

station · rank #1,061 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,061
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH Russian

Nearest frequency peer: Russian (-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.

pressure

98,943
radio

98,942
Russian

98,941
station

98,940
text

98,939
treatment

98,938

What this shows “station” 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).

station vs stator

71% similar

station vs suction

71% similar

station vs Stetson

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for station
Property	Value
Headword	station
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈsteɪʃən/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#1,061
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “station”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).stationlands here:

#1,061

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Russian” (#1,060), “text” (#1,062), “radio” (#1,059). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “station” is #1,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around station (IPA /ˈsteɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,061 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for station, with forms such as "sattion", "sstation", and "staiton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "stator", "suction", "Stetson", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis),… The correct English form is station, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
A stopping place.
2
A stopping place.
3
A stopping place.
4
A stopping place.
5
A stopping place.
6
A place where workers are stationed.
7
A place where workers are stationed.
8
A place where workers are stationed.
9
A place where workers are stationed.
10
A place where workers are stationed.
11
A place where workers are stationed.
12
A place where workers are stationed.
13
Any of the Stations of the Cross.
14
The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
15
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
16
Standing; rank; position.
17
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
18
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
19
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
20
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
21
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
22
The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
23
The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
24
The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how station appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The next station is Esperanza.
It's right across from the bus station.

Etymology

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

Synonyms

channel stastnbasemilitary basefarm ranch

This word in other languages

estación(Español)gare(Français)Bahnhof(Deutsch)estação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

sattion
sstation
staiton
stasion
statino
stationn
statoin
stattion
sttaion
sttation
tsation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of station - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "station"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "station"?

"station" is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsteɪʃən/.

What does "station" mean?

As a noun, "station" means: A stopping place.

What words are commonly confused with "station"?

"station" is commonly confused with "stator", "suction", "Stetson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "station"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "station" is /ˈsteɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "station"?

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις... See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "station", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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