# stays

> English word · Noun · IPA /steɪz/ · frequency rank #4,635

## Definitions
1. plural of stay

## Easily confused with
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-sts)
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-sway)
- **Styx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-styx)
- **steps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-steps)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-stops)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-stray)
- **studs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-studs)
- **stews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-stews)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-steals)
- **steaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-steaks)
- **Straus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stays-vs-straus)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/say-vs-stays)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sas-vs-stays)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sta-vs-stays)
- **says** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/says-vs-stays)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stay-vs-stays)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-stays)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-stays)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-stays)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-stays)

## Common misspellings (8)
`satys`, `sstays`, `stasy`, `stayss`, `stayys`, `sttays`, `styas`, `tsays`

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