Stavros
"stavros" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stavros” is uncommon English (frequency #53,877 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,877
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Greek male given name Σταύρος (Stávros).
Corpus desk
Index EN-stavros · Stavros · English
Stavros · rank #53,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,877
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stiffen
Nearest frequency peer: stiffen (+2 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 “Stavros”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stagnate
stagnate
46,130 corpus weight
- Staines
Staines
46,129 corpus weight
- stammer
stammer
46,127 corpus weight
- Stavros
Stavros
46,124 corpus weight
- stiffen
stiffen
46,122 corpus weight
- stupider
stupider
46,117 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Stavros” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stavros |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Stavros” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Stavros is uncommon English at frequency #53,877 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Stavros has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”). The correct English form is Stavros, spelled S-T-A-V-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Greek male given name Σταύρος (Stávros).
- 2A number of places in Greece, including
- 3A number of places in Greece, including:
Etymology
From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).