stylesheet
/ˈstaɪlʃiːt/
"stylesheet" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stylesheet” is uncommon English (frequency #97,589 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,589
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A document issued by a publisher informing authors how to style their works for publication; a small style guide.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stylesheet · stylesheet · English
stylesheet · rank #97,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,589
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Styria
Nearest frequency peer: Styria (+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 “stylesheet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stoutly
stoutly
2,417 corpus weight
- Studley
Studley
2,414 corpus weight
- stylesheet
stylesheet
2,412 corpus weight
- Styria
Styria
2,411 corpus weight
- subframe
subframe
2,410 corpus weight
- subspecialty
subspecialty
2,409 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stylesheet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stylesheet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstaɪlʃiːt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stylesheet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stylesheet is uncommon English at frequency #97,589 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstaɪlʃiːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stylesheet, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From style + sheet. The correct English form is stylesheet, spelled S-T-Y-L-E-S-H-E-E-T.
Definition
- 1A document issued by a publisher informing authors how to style their works for publication; a small style guide.
- 2A document consisting of markup that describes the layout and presentation to be used when displaying other documents.
Etymology
From style + sheet.
This word in other languages
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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