stylish

/ˈstaɪlɪʃ/

//ˈstaɪlɪʃ// adj

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

The verdict

“stylish” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,303
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having style.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stylish · stylish · English

stylish · rank #11,303 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,303
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stretches

Nearest frequency peer: stretches (-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 “stylish”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “stylish” 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).

stylish vs stylus
71% similar
stylish vs stylist
86% similar
stylish vs styling
71% similar

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

Key facts for stylish
PropertyValue
Headwordstylish
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈstaɪlɪʃ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,303
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stylish”

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).stylishlands 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 “stretches” (#11,302), “stranded” (#11,301), “stimulation” (#11,300). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stylish” is #11,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around stylish (IPA /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,303 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for stylish, with forms such as "sstylish", "stlyish", and "sttylish". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "stylus", "stylist", "styling", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From style + -ish. The correct English form is stylish, spelled S-T-Y-L-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having style.
  2. 2
    Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
  3. 3
    Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. “[…] Did you ever see her? a smart, stylish girl they say, but not handsome. […]”
  2. […] and that her darling boy, with his beautiful face and stylish air “beyond anybody else’s son in Middlemarch,” would be sure to get like that family in plainness of appearance and carelessness about his clothes.

Etymology

From style + -ish.

This word in other languages

chingo(Español)élégant(Français)stilvoll(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstylish
  • stlyish
  • sttylish
  • styilsh
  • stylihs
  • stylishh
  • stylissh
  • styllish
  • stylsih
  • styylish
  • sytlish
  • tsylish

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stylish - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sstylish1stlyish2sttylish1styilsh2stylihs2stylishh1stylissh1styllish1
Edit distance from "stylish"

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 "stylish"?
"stylish" is spelled S-T-Y-L-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/.
What does "stylish" mean?
As an adjective, "stylish" means: Having style.
What words are commonly confused with "stylish"?
"stylish" is commonly confused with "stylus", "stylist", "styling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stylish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stylish" is /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "stylish"?
From style + -ish. 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 "stylish", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list