stella

\ˈstel.la\

/\ˈstel.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“stella” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,269
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoile, corps céleste brillant, ou ayant brillé, de sa propre lumière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stella · stella · French

stella · rank #13,269 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH song

Nearest frequency peer: song (-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 « stella »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stella » 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).

stella vs still
67% similar
stella vs Sylla
50% similar
stella vs selle
67% similar

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

Key facts for stella
PropertyValue
Headwordstella
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈstel.la\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,269
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stella »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stellase 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 « song » (#13,268), « supermarchés » (#13,270), « sodium » (#13,267). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stella » est au #13,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around stella (IPA \ˈstel.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,269 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for stella, with forms such as "setlla", "sstella", and "stela". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "still", "Sylla", "selle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is stella, spelled S-T-E-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étoile, corps céleste brillant, ou ayant brillé, de sa propre lumière.
  2. 2
    Étoile, forme géométrique composée de branches, comme ☆ et ✡.
  3. 3
    Étoile, astérisque, symbole « * », présent sur les claviers d’ordinateur, de téléphone portable, etc.
  4. 4
    Étoile, signe, pouvant être répété, indiquant la qualité, l’aspect positif de quelque chose. On trouve parfois des demi-étoiles qui désignent des points intermédiaires. —(En particulier) Symbole établissant une échelle de notation et de classification hôtelière et gastronomique par le Guide Michelin, se retrouvant sur la signalétique des établissements concernés.
  5. 5
    Étoile, personne ayant un rayonnement par son talent, sa notoriété.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • setlla
  • sstella
  • stela
  • stelal
  • stlela
  • sttella
  • tsella

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

setlla2sstella1stela1stelal2stlela2sttella1tsella2
Edit distance from "stella"

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 "stella"?
"stella" is spelled S-T-E-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈstel.la\.
What does "stella" mean?
As a noun, "stella" means: Étoile, corps céleste brillant, ou ayant brillé, de sa propre lumière.
What words are commonly confused with "stella"?
"stella" is commonly confused with "still", "Sylla", "selle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stella"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stella" is \ˈstel.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stella" come from?
"stella" 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 "stella", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sodium#13,267tintin#13,282torres#13,283Toyota#13,284

Similar misspelling depth

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

tuiles7 variantsrites7 variantsrafale7 variantspéage7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list