Student's

adj

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"student-s" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Student's” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,217
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to Student's t test or Student's t distribution

Corpus desk

Index EN-student-s · Student's · English

Student's · rank #19,217 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,217
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH steaming

Nearest frequency peer: steaming (-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 “Student's”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Student's” 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).

Student's vs students
78% similar
Student's vs student
67% similar

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

Key facts for Student's
PropertyValue
HeadwordStudent's
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,217
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Student's”

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).Student'slands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “steaming” (#19,216), “supervise” (#19,219), “stares” (#19,214). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Student's” is #19,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Student's, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,217 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pertaining to Student's t test or Student's t distribution".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Student's, with forms such as "sstudent's", "stduent's", and "sttudent's". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "students", "student", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Student, the penname of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset. The correct English form is Student's, spelled S-T-U-D-E-N-T-'-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pertaining to Student's t test or Student's t distribution

Etymology

From Student, the penname of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstudent's
  • stduent's
  • sttudent's
  • studdent's
  • studen'ts
  • studennt's
  • student'ss
  • students'
  • studentt's
  • studetn's
  • studnet's
  • stuednt's
  • sutdent's
  • tsudent's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Student's - 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.

sstudent's1stduent's2sttudent's1studdent's1studen'ts2studennt's1student'ss1students'2
Edit distance from "Student's"

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 "Student's"?
"Student's" is spelled S-T-U-D-E-N-T-'-S.
What does "Student's" mean?
As an adjective, "Student's" means: Pertaining to Student's t test or Student's t distribution
What words are commonly confused with "Student's"?
"Student's" is commonly confused with "students", "student". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Student's"?
From Student, the penname of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset. 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 "Student's", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supervise#19,219sidelines#19,205uplifting#19,240voicemail#19,247

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list