stevia
/ˈstiːvɪə/
"stevia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stevia” is uncommon English (frequency #50,822 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,822
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stevia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstiːvɪə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stevia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stevia is uncommon English at frequency #50,822 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstiːvɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for stevia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus). The correct English form is stevia, spelled S-T-E-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
- 2A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).
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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 “stevia”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-E-V-I-A - 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.