steller
/ˈstɛlə/
"steller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“steller” is uncommon English (frequency #87,864 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,864
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɛlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “steller” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
steller is uncommon English at frequency #87,864 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɛlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.".
Zero misspellings are on record for steller in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: After Georg Wilhelm Steller, German naturalist. The correct English form is steller, spelled S-T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.
Etymology
After Georg Wilhelm Steller, German naturalist.
Synonyms
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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Using “steller”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-E-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.