stone

/stəʊn/

//stəʊn// noun

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The verdict

“stone” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,732
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-stone · stone · Spanish

stone · rank #9,732 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,732
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH Silvia

Nearest frequency peer: Silvia (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “stone”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “stone” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

stone vs stop
60% similar
stone vs story
60% similar
stone vs suene
60% similar

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

Key facts for stone
PropertyValue
Headwordstone
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/stəʊn/
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,732
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “stone”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).stonecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Silvia” (#9,731), “Sucre” (#9,733), “siembra” (#9,730). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “stone” va en #9,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around stone (IPA /stəʊn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,732 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for stone, with forms such as "sotne", "sstone", and "stnoe". 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, "stop", "story", "suene", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is stone, spelled S-T-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Piedra.
  2. 2
    Losa.
  3. 3
    Semilla o hueso de algunas drupas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotne
  • sstone
  • stnoe
  • stoen
  • stonne
  • sttone
  • tsone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stone - 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.

sotne2sstone1stnoe2stoen2stonne1sttone1tsone2
Edit distance from "stone"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stone"?
"stone" is spelled S-T-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /stəʊn/.
What does "stone" mean?
As a noun, "stone" means: Piedra.
What words are commonly confused with "stone"?
"stone" is commonly confused with "stop", "story", "suene". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stone" is /stəʊn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stone" come from?
"stone" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sucre#9,733ruina#9,728ropas#9,727rigor#9,725

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

recorre7 variantsnomás7 variantsclavo7 variantsllueve7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list