stillman
"stillman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stillman” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,351
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The person who operates a still (device for distilling liquids).
Corpus desk
Index EN-stillman · stillman · English
stillman · rank #47,351 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,351
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH staves
Nearest frequency peer: staves (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “stillman”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- spoofing
spoofing
52,654 corpus weight
- squalid
squalid
52,652 corpus weight
- staves
staves
52,651 corpus weight
- stillman
stillman
52,650 corpus weight
- Stockwell
Stockwell
52,649 corpus weight
- stringed
stringed
52,648 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “stillman” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stillman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stillman” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around stillman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,351 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The person who operates a still (device for distilling liquids).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stillman, with forms such as "sitllman", "sstillman", and "stillamn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From still + -man. The correct English form is stillman, spelled S-T-I-L-L-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1The person who operates a still (device for distilling liquids).
Etymology
From still + -man.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sitllman
- sstillman
- stillamn
- stillmann
- stillmman
- stillmna
- stilman
- stilmlan
- stlilman
- sttillman
- tsillman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stillman - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stillman", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.