steller
/ˈstɛlə/
"steller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“steller” is uncommon English (frequency #87,864 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,864
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-steller · steller · English
steller · rank #87,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,864
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sterol
Nearest frequency peer: sterol (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “steller”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sportster
sportster
12,142 corpus weight
- steller
steller
12,137 corpus weight
- sterol
sterol
12,135 corpus weight
- stomata
stomata
12,134 corpus weight
- str8
str8
12,133 corpus weight
- strafe
strafe
12,132 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “steller” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “steller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
steller is uncommon English at frequency #87,864 among 6,566 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).