stationery
/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
"stationery" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stationery” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #19,979 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,979
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.
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 | stationery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stationery” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stationery is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,979 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for stationery, with forms such as "sattionery", "sstationery", and "staitonery". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "stationed", "stationary", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stationer + -y. The correct English form is stationery, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.
Etymology
From stationer + -y.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sattionery,sstationery,staitonery,statinoery,statioenry,stationerry,stationeryy,stationeyr,stationnery,stationrey,statoinery,stattionery,sttaionery,sttationery,tsationery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stationery - 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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Using “stationery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “stationed” - see the side-by-side comparison. stationery vs stationed
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.