Stefan
"stefan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stefan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,939
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stefan · Stefan · English
Stefan · rank #10,939 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,939
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH steer
Nearest frequency peer: steer (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Stefan”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sponsorship
sponsorship
89,065 corpus weight
- steals
steals
89,064 corpus weight
- steer
steer
89,063 corpus weight
- Stefan
Stefan
89,062 corpus weight
- strawberry
strawberry
89,060 corpus weight
- strive
strive
89,059 corpus weight
What this shows “Stefan” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stefan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Stefan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Stefan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,939 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stefan, with forms such as "setfan", "sstefan", and "steafn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "stern", "stein", "Steven", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”). The correct English form is Stefan, spelled S-T-E-F-A-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name.
- 2A surname of German or Austrian origin, derived from the given name Stefan.
- 3A crater on the far side of the moon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stefan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setfan
- sstefan
- steafn
- stefann
- steffan
- stefna
- stfean
- sttefan
- tsefan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stefan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stefan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).