steward
\stju.waʁd\
The verdict
“steward” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,633
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme chargé de l’accueil, du service et de la sécurité des passagers à bord des avions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-steward · steward · French
steward · rank #42,633 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,633
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Staps
Nearest frequency peer: Staps (-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 « steward »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- spoliation
spoliation
57,371 corpus weight
- sporadiques
sporadiques
57,370 corpus weight
- Staps
Staps
57,369 corpus weight
- steward
steward
57,368 corpus weight
- strategy
strategy
57,367 corpus weight
- supersonique
supersonique
57,366 corpus weight
What this shows « steward » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steward |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stju.waʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « steward »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around steward (IPA \stju.waʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,633 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for steward, with forms such as "setward", "ssteward", and "steawrd". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Stewart", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is steward, spelled S-T-E-W-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Homme chargé de l’accueil, du service et de la sécurité des passagers à bord des avions.
- 2Statut d’utilisateurice ayant un accès complet à l’interface wiki sur tous les wikis publics de Wikimédia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how steward appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a ces noms sexistement débiles, comme femme de ménage ou garçon de café. Il y a ce nom improbablement différent selon le sexe, et jamais naturel : le saxon steward devenant hôtesse de l'air.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setward
- ssteward
- steawrd
- stewadr
- stewardd
- stewarrd
- stewrad
- stewward
- stteward
- stweard
- tseward
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steward - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "steward", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).