Stauffer
"stauffer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stauffer” is uncommon English (frequency #64,737 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,737
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stauffer · Stauffer · English
Stauffer · rank #64,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,737
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stereotypical…
Nearest frequency peer: stereotypically (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Stauffer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stang
stang
35,268 corpus weight
- Stanislav
Stanislav
35,267 corpus weight
- Starke
Starke
35,266 corpus weight
- Stauffer
Stauffer
35,264 corpus weight
- stereotypic…
stereotypically
35,263 corpus weight
- stoplight
stoplight
35,260 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Stauffer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stauffer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Stauffer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Stauffer is uncommon English at frequency #64,737 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Stauffer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: South German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun stouf (“stoup”) (related to Proto-West Germanic *staupijan (“to pour out”)). The correct English form is Stauffer, spelled S-T-A-U-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
South German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun stouf (“stoup”) (related to Proto-West Germanic *staupijan (“to pour out”)).
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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