stella
/ˈstɛl.ə/
"stella" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stella” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,299
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A star-shaped structure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stella · stella · English
stella · rank #11,299 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,299
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stain
Nearest frequency peer: stain (-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 “stella”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spear
spear
88,705 corpus weight
- spies
spies
88,704 corpus weight
- stain
stain
88,703 corpus weight
- stella
stella
88,702 corpus weight
- stimulation
stimulation
88,701 corpus weight
- stranded
stranded
88,700 corpus weight
What this shows “stella” 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 | stella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɛl.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stella”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around stella (IPA /ˈstɛl.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,299 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for stella, with forms such as "setlla", "sstella", and "stelal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "still", "swell", "Stoll", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star. The correct English form is stella, spelled S-T-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A star-shaped structure.
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Stella.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stella appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the pedicels are more remote in the inforescence; the stellae are larger and form a less dense cover on plant parts, and the siliques are slightly larger than in the usual form of the species.
Stems and young branches terete, viscid, densely ferruginous-tomentose with sessile to short-stalked pauciradiate stellae bearing greatly prolonged 4-6-celled midpoints, these 0.1-0.2 cm long, gland-tipped, strongly armed with ferruginous laterally compressed prickles, these broad-based and sparsely glandular in the basal quarter.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setlla
- sstella
- stelal
- stlela
- sttella
- tsella
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stella - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "stella", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).