stator
"stator" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stator” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #44,503 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,503
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
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 | stator |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stator” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stator is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #44,503 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The stationary part of a motor or other machine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stator, with forms such as "sattor", "sstator", and "staotr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stats", "status", "statue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”). The correct English form is stator, spelled S-T-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
Etymology
From stationary or static by analogy with rotor; alternatively from a hypothetical Latin stātor (literally “stander”); all ultimately from stāre (“to stand”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sattor,sstator,staotr,statorr,statro,stattor,sttaor,sttator,tsator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stator - 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 “stator”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “stats” - see the side-by-side comparison. stator vs stats
- 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.