Steadicam

noun

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"steadicam" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Steadicam” is uncommon English (frequency #99,898 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,898
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stabilizing camera mount for hand-held film or video shooting; a camera mounted thus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-steadicam · Steadicam · English

Steadicam · rank #99,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH statesmanlike

Nearest frequency peer: statesmanlike (-1 rank slots)

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Frequency neighbourhood for “Steadicam”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Steadicam” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Steadicam
PropertyValue
HeadwordSteadicam
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Steadicam” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Steadicam lands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Steadicam is uncommon English at frequency #99,898 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A stabilizing camera mount for hand-held film or video shooting; a camera mounted thus.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Steadicam, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: 1975, from steady + cam, from camera. The correct English form is Steadicam, spelled S-T-E-A-D-I-C-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A stabilizing camera mount for hand-held film or video shooting; a camera mounted thus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Steadicam, a revolutionary camera stabilizing device, was not shown, but CP did screen a sample film shot with a Steadicam.
  2. Tilman Büttner, the director of photography who operated the steadicam used to shoot the film, has turned the camera into one of its main characters, a contemporary film maker trapped in a journey through Russian history, with Mr Sokurov himself speaking its part.

Etymology

1975, from steady + cam, from camera.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Steadicam"?
"Steadicam" is spelled S-T-E-A-D-I-C-A-M.
What does "Steadicam" mean?
As a noun, "Steadicam" means: A stabilizing camera mount for hand-held film or video shooting; a camera mounted thus.
What is the origin of the word "Steadicam"?
1975, from steady + cam, from camera. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list