statistic
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
"statistic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statistic” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,137
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of statistical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-statistic · statistic · English
statistic · rank #16,137 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,137
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stalker
Nearest frequency peer: stalker (-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 “statistic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- specialised
specialised
83,866 corpus weight
- stalker
stalker
83,865 corpus weight
- statistic
statistic
83,864 corpus weight
- stature
stature
83,863 corpus weight
- steward
steward
83,862 corpus weight
- stout
stout
83,861 corpus weight
What this shows “statistic” 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 | statistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “statistic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around statistic (IPA /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,137 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of statistical.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for statistic, with forms such as "sattistic", "sstatistic", and "staitstic". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "stylistic", "statistics", "statistical", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from statistics. The correct English form is statistic, spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of statistical.
Etymology
Back-formation from statistics.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sattistic
- sstatistic
- staitstic
- statisitc
- statisstic
- statistci
- statisticc
- statisttic
- statitsic
- statsitic
- stattistic
- sttaistic
- sttatistic
- tsatistic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of statistic - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).