Stevens

\sti.vənz\

/\sti.vənz\/ name

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The verdict

“Stevens” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,243
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stevens · Stevens · French

Stevens · rank #16,243 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,243
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH successeurs

Nearest frequency peer: successeurs (+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 « Stevens »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Stevens » 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).

Stevens vs Stevenson
78% similar
Stevens vs Steve
71% similar
Stevens vs seven
57% similar

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

Key facts for Stevens
PropertyValue
HeadwordStevens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sti.vənz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,243
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stevens »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Stevensse 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 « successeurs » (#16,244), « spécificités » (#16,241), « survit » (#16,245). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Stevens » est au #16,243. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Stevens (IPA \sti.vənz\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,243 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stevens, with forms such as "setvens", "sstevens", and "steevns". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Stevenson", "Steve", "seven", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Stevens, spelled S-T-E-V-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On lui offre sur un plateau des albums-hommages, où chantent Elvis Costello et Sufjan Stevens.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • setvens
  • sstevens
  • steevns
  • stevenns
  • stevenss
  • stevesn
  • stevnes
  • stevvens
  • sttevens
  • stveens
  • tsevens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

setvens2sstevens1steevns2stevenns1stevenss1stevesn2stevnes2stevvens1
Edit distance from "Stevens"

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 "Stevens"?
"Stevens" is spelled S-T-E-V-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sti.vənz\.
What does "Stevens" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stevens" means: Nom de famille anglais.
What words are commonly confused with "Stevens"?
"Stevens" is commonly confused with "Stevenson", "Steve", "seven". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stevens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stevens" is \sti.vənz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stevens" come from?
"Stevens" 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 "Stevens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tendres#16,247Titanic#16,249Sergueï#16,235réjouis#16,231

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

remorque11 variantstélécom11 variantsrecueils11 variantsvertueux11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list