Stasi

\sta.zi\

/\sta.zi\/ name

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The verdict

“Stasi” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,602
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Police politique et service de renseignements durant la période communiste en Allemagne de l’Est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stasi · Stasi · French

Stasi · rank #36,602 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,602
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH squats

Nearest frequency peer: squats (-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 « Stasi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Stasi » 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).

Stasi vs STS
20% similar
Stasi vs stat
40% similar
Stasi vs stay
40% similar

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

Key facts for Stasi
PropertyValue
HeadwordStasi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sta.zi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,602
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stasi »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Stasise place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « squats » (#36,601), « stratèges » (#36,603), « Springer » (#36,600). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Stasi » est au #36,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Stasi (IPA \sta.zi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,602 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Police politique et service de renseignements durant la période communiste en Allemagne de l’Est.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stasi, with forms such as "satsi", "sstasi", and "stais". 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, "STS", "stat", "stay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Stasi, spelled S-T-A-S-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Police politique et service de renseignements durant la période communiste en Allemagne de l’Est.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satsi
  • sstasi
  • stais
  • stassi
  • stsai
  • sttasi
  • tsasi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

satsi2sstasi1stais2stassi1stsai2sttasi1tsasi2
Edit distance from "Stasi"

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 "Stasi"?
"Stasi" is spelled S-T-A-S-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.zi\.
What does "Stasi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stasi" means: Police politique et service de renseignements durant la période communiste en Allemagne de l’Est.
What words are commonly confused with "Stasi"?
"Stasi" is commonly confused with "STS", "stat", "stay". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stasi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stasi" is \sta.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stasi" come from?
"Stasi" 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 "Stasi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

spams#36,599sonar#36,596Tarek#36,611scala#36,587

Similar misspelling depth

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

serrait7 variantstimor7 variantsroseau7 variantsrelaie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list