stubby
/ˈstʌbi/
"stubby" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stubby” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,427
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abounding with stubs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stubby · stubby · English
stubby · rank #42,427 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,427
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH streaking
Nearest frequency peer: streaking (-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 “stubby”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- staunchly
staunchly
57,578 corpus weight
- steadfastly
steadfastly
57,577 corpus weight
- straying
straying
57,576 corpus weight
- streaking
streaking
57,575 corpus weight
- stubby
stubby
57,574 corpus weight
- subplot
subplot
57,572 corpus weight
What this shows “stubby” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stubby |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstʌbi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stubby”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around stubby (IPA /ˈstʌbi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,427 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stubby, with forms such as "sstubby", "stbuby", and "sttubby". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "study", "sturdy", "stuffy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stub + -y. The correct English form is stubby, spelled S-T-U-B-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Abounding with stubs.
- 2Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stubby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire.
The mouth with its bright, shiny grimace exposes a stubby row of teeth, from left to right growing stubbier and stubbier, with more and more cavities.
Etymology
From stub + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sstubby
- stbuby
- sttubby
- stubbyy
- stuby
- stubyb
- sutbby
- tsubby
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stubby - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stubby", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).