# staves

> English word · Noun · IPA /steɪvz/ · frequency rank #47,350

## Definitions
1. plural of staff.

## Easily confused with
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-steve)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stays)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stove)
- **suave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-suave)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stores)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stayed)
- **Stones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stones)
- **Steven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-steven)
- **stokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stokes)
- **stover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stover)
- **Stevens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staves-vs-stevens)
- **save** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/save-vs-staves)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-staves)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stage-vs-staves)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sales-vs-staves)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stars-vs-staves)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saved-vs-staves)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stats-vs-staves)
- **slave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slave-vs-staves)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stake-vs-staves)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satves`, `sstaves`, `staevs`, `stavess`, `stavse`, `stavves`, `sttaves`, `stvaes`, `tsaves`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/staves