stabiliser

\sta.bi.li.ze\

/\sta.bi.li.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“stabiliser” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,513
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-stabiliser · stabiliser · French

stabiliser · rank #15,513 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,513
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stabilisation

Nearest frequency peer: stabilisation (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « stabiliser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « stabiliser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

stabiliser vs stabilité
70% similar
stabiliser vs stériliser
80% similar
stabiliser vs stabilisé
80% similar

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

Key facts for stabiliser
PropertyValue
Headwordstabiliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sta.bi.li.ze\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,513
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stabiliser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.stabiliserse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stabilisation » (#15,512), « strictes » (#15,514), « supposés » (#15,515). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stabiliser » est au #15,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around stabiliser (IPA \sta.bi.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,513 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for stabiliser, with forms such as "satbiliser", "sstabiliser", and "stabbiliser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "stabilité", "stériliser", "stabilisé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is stabiliser, spelled S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre stable.
  2. 2
    Faire sortir un malade de la phase critique de sa pathologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'euro a été stabilisé.
  2. [Dosto] Côté santé, j’ai visité des hôpitaux militaires plutôt très bien équipés. Les blessés sont immédiatement stabilisés et convoyés dans des hôpitaux loin du front.

This word in other languages

stabilize(English)estabilizar(Español)stabilisieren(Deutsch)estabilizar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satbiliser
  • sstabiliser
  • stabbiliser
  • stabiilser
  • stabiliesr
  • stabiliserr
  • stabilisre
  • stabilisser
  • stabilliser
  • stabilsier
  • stabliiser
  • staibliser
  • stbailiser
  • sttabiliser
  • tsabiliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

satbiliser2sstabiliser1stabbiliser1stabiilser2stabiliesr2stabiliserr1stabilisre2stabilisser1
Edit distance from "stabiliser"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stabiliser"?
"stabiliser" is spelled S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.bi.li.ze\.
What does "stabiliser" mean?
As a verb, "stabiliser" means: Rendre stable.
What words are commonly confused with "stabiliser"?
"stabiliser" is commonly confused with "stabilité", "stériliser", "stabilisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stabiliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stabiliser" is \sta.bi.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stabiliser" come from?
"stabiliser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list