storey

/ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/

//ˈstɔː.ɹɪ// noun

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"storey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“storey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,868
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A floor or level of a building or ship.

Corpus desk

Index EN-storey · storey · English

storey · rank #12,868 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,868
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stint

Nearest frequency peer: stint (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “storey”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “storey” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

storey vs story
83% similar
storey vs storm
67% similar
storey vs stray
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for storey
PropertyValue
Headwordstorey
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,868
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “storey”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).storeylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “stint” (#12,867), “suicidal” (#12,869), “spectacle” (#12,866). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “storey” is #12,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around storey (IPA /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,868 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for storey, with forms such as "sotrey", "sstorey", and "stoery". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "story", "storm", "stray", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches… The correct English form is storey, spelled S-T-O-R-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A floor or level of a building or ship.
  2. 2
    A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
  3. 3
    A building; an edifice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how storey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
  2. a multi-storey car park

Etymology

From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. Doublet of story and history. An alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instaurare (“to construct, build, erect”), but this seems unlikely since historia already had the meaning "storey of a building" in Anglo-Latin.

This word in other languages

piso(Español)étage(Français)Stock(Deutsch)andar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotrey
  • sstorey
  • stoery
  • storeyy
  • storrey
  • storye
  • stroey
  • sttorey
  • tsorey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of storey - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sotrey2sstorey1stoery2storeyy1storrey1storye2stroey2sttorey1
Edit distance from "storey"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "storey"?
"storey" is spelled S-T-O-R-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/.
What does "storey" mean?
As a noun, "storey" means: A floor or level of a building or ship.
What words are commonly confused with "storey"?
"storey" is commonly confused with "story", "storm", "stray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "storey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "storey" is /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "storey"?
From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "storey", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tailor#12,873Snyder#12,862scarce#12,856Rupert#12,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

unrest9 variantsrotary9 variantsutmost9 variantsyouths9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list