stand

\stɑ̃\

/\stɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“stand” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,560
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu disposé pour le tir sportif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stand · stand · French

stand · rank #6,560 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,560
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spécialité

Nearest frequency peer: spécialité (-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 « stand »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stand » 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).

stand vs Star
40% similar
stand vs swan
60% similar
stand vs stat
60% similar

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

Key facts for stand
PropertyValue
Headwordstand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,560
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stand »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « spécialité » (#6,559), « sublime » (#6,561), « spectre » (#6,558). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stand » est au #6,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stand (IPA \stɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,560 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stand, with forms such as "satnd", "sstand", and "stadn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Star", "swan", "stat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stand, spelled S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu disposé pour le tir sportif.
  2. 2
    Partie réservée à l’étalage d’un produit ou des produits d’une même maison de commerce dans une exposition commerciale.
  3. 3
    Tablette ou support pour machine de bureau, clavier musical ou instrument de musique.
  4. 4
    Garage pour l’arrêt ravitaillement pendant une course.
  5. 5
    Petit commerce dans une foire ou une exposition n’offrant le plus souvent qu’un type de produits à la consommation finale et directe, sinon très peu de choix possibles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il venait de recevoir une balle. Et n’allait pas tarder à en prendre d’autres, s’il restait ainsi à découvert. Il se propulsa derrière cette grosse roche qui lui tendait les bras. Des tirs ricochèrent contre les parois, le danger arrivait de toutes parts. De temps en temps, quelques Apaches surgissaient de la grotte, mais ils étaient aussitôt abattus une…
  2. Puis ce fut le Salon de l’Aéronautique. La recordwoman du monde est, bien entendu, la fée du stand Caudron-Renault.

This word in other languages

shooting range(English)Schießstand(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satnd
  • sstand
  • stadn
  • standd
  • stannd
  • stnad
  • sttand
  • tsand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

satnd2sstand1stadn2standd1stannd1stnad2sttand1tsand2
Edit distance from "stand"

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 "stand"?
"stand" is spelled S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \stɑ̃\.
What does "stand" mean?
As a noun, "stand" means: Lieu disposé pour le tir sportif.
What words are commonly confused with "stand"?
"stand" is commonly confused with "Star", "swan", "stat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stand" is \stɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stand" come from?
"stand" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

serré#6,555trans#6,565poing#6,541allés#6,584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tenues8 variantstreize8 variantssaviez8 variantsrequis8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list