# stent

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɛnt/ · frequency rank #36,353

## Definitions
1. A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.

## Etymology
Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.

## Easily confused with
- **stew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stew)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stun)
- **Sven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-sven)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-sweet)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stone)
- **steps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-steps)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-steve)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-sweat)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-swept)
- **stern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stern)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stunt)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-sting)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stint)
- **stink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stink)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stout)
- **Steph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-steph)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stony)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-stung)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-strut)
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stent-vs-strat)

## Common misspellings (8)
`setnt`, `sstent`, `stennt`, `stentt`, `stetn`, `stnet`, `sttent`, `tsent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stent