sturt
/stɜː(ɹ)t/
"sturt" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sturt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,104
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sturt · sturt · English
sturt · rank #45,104 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,104
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH strainer
Nearest frequency peer: strainer (-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 “sturt”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- SSB
SSB
54,902 corpus weight
- straightaway
straightaway
54,899 corpus weight
- strainer
strainer
54,898 corpus weight
- sturt
sturt
54,897 corpus weight
- sudoku
sudoku
54,894 corpus weight
- surefire
surefire
54,892 corpus weight
What this shows “sturt” 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 | sturt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɜː(ɹ)t/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sturt”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sturt (IPA /stɜː(ɹ)t/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,104 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sturt, with forms such as "ssturt", "stturt", and "sturrt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "suit", "surf", 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 the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant. The correct English form is sturt, spelled S-T-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
Etymology
From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ssturt
- stturt
- sturrt
- sturtt
- stutr
- sutrt
- tsurt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sturt - 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 "sturt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).