STIB
\stib\
The verdict
“STIB” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,208
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entreprise publique responsable du service de transport en commun au sein des communes bruxelloises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stib · STIB · French
STIB · rank #48,208 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,208
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH soupçonnées
Nearest frequency peer: soupçonnées (-2 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 « STIB »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sonorisation
sonorisation
51,797 corpus weight
- sortiras
sortiras
51,796 corpus weight
- soupçonnées
soupçonnées
51,795 corpus weight
- STIB
STIB
51,793 corpus weight
- stimulent
stimulent
51,791 corpus weight
- STL
STL
51,790 corpus weight
What this shows « STIB » 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 | STIB |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \stib\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « STIB »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around STIB (IPA \stib\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,208 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Entreprise publique responsable du service de transport en commun au sein des communes bruxelloises.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for STIB, with forms such as "sitb", "sstib", and "stbi". 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, "stp", "sub", "STM", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 STIB, spelled S-T-I-B.
Definition
- 1Entreprise publique responsable du service de transport en commun au sein des communes bruxelloises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how STIB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lors du conseil d’administration de la Stib, organisé ce lundi soir, la société des transports bruxellois a estimé qu’il était nécessaire de remplacer 120 kilomètres de rails de tram, sur un total de 288 kilomètres, que compte le réseau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sitb
- sstib
- stbi
- stibb
- sttib
- tsib
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of STIB - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "STIB"?
What does "STIB" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "STIB"?
How do you pronounce "STIB"?
What language does "STIB" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "STIB", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).