stowage

noun

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"stowage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stowage” is uncommon English (frequency #72,793 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,793
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or practice of stowing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stowage · stowage · English

stowage · rank #72,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,793
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stovetop

Nearest frequency peer: stovetop (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “stowage”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “stowage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stowage
PropertyValue
Headwordstowage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,793
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stowage” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).stowagefalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “stovetop” (#72,792), “streetscape” (#72,794), “subcellular” (#72,795). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stowage” is #72,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stowage is uncommon English at frequency #72,793 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stowage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: From stow + -age. The correct English form is stowage, spelled S-T-O-W-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act or practice of stowing.
  2. 2
    A place where things are stowed.
  3. 3
    Things that are stowed.
  4. 4
    Amount of room for storing things.
  5. 5
    A charge for stowing and storage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. the stowage of cargo
  2. Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo.

Etymology

From stow + -age.

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 "stowage"?
"stowage" is spelled S-T-O-W-A-G-E.
What does "stowage" mean?
As a noun, "stowage" means: The act or practice of stowing.
What is the origin of the word "stowage"?
From stow + -age. 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 "stowage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

speckle#72,782Southey#72,781swifter#72,806Taiping#72,812

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list