stats

/stæts/

//stæts// noun

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"stats" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stats” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,124
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of statistics (the subject).

Corpus desk

Index EN-stats · stats · English

stats · rank #4,124 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,124
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spots

Nearest frequency peer: spots (-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 “stats”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “stats” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stats vs STS
0% similar
stats vs stay
60% similar
stats vs SWAT
0% similar

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

Key facts for stats
PropertyValue
Headwordstats
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/stæts/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,124
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stats”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).statslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “spots” (#4,123), “struggling” (#4,125), “shore” (#4,122). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stats” is #4,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stats (IPA /stæts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,124 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stats, with forms such as "satts", "sstats", and "stast". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "STS", "stay", "SWAT", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is stats, spelled S-T-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clipping of statistics (the subject).
  2. 2
    Clipping of statistics (data, figures).
  3. 3
    Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Stats is one of her favourite subjects at school.
  2. What do the stats tell us?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satts
  • sstats
  • stast
  • statss
  • statts
  • sttas
  • sttats
  • tsats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

satts2sstats1stast2statss1statts1sttas2sttats1tsats2
Edit distance from "stats"

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 "stats"?
"stats" is spelled S-T-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /stæts/.
What does "stats" mean?
As a noun, "stats" means: Clipping of statistics (the subject).
What words are commonly confused with "stats"?
"stats" is commonly confused with "STS", "stay", "SWAT". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stats" is /stæts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stats" come from?
"stats" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spots#4,123shore#4,122shake#4,121robin#4,118

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

rings8 variantswooden8 variantsblast8 variantsParks8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list