still
\ˈʃtɪl\
The verdict
“still” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,827
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne fait pas de bruit, silencieux, muet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-still · still · French
still · rank #17,827 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,827
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH step
Nearest frequency peer: step (-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 « still »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- soustraire
soustraire
82,177 corpus weight
- split
split
82,176 corpus weight
- step
step
82,175 corpus weight
- still
still
82,174 corpus weight
- stimulant
stimulant
82,173 corpus weight
- studies
studies
82,172 corpus weight
What this shows « still » 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 | still |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʃtɪl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « still »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around still (IPA \ˈʃtɪl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,827 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for still, with forms such as "sitll", "sstill", and "stil". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "STL", "style", "stylo", 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 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 still, spelled S-T-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1Qui ne fait pas de bruit, silencieux, muet.
- 2Calme, tranquille.
- 3Plat, dans le contexte d'eau minérale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how still appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An Ostern geht es um das zentrale Ereignis des Christentum: den Tod und die Auferstehung Jesu. Die Ostertage zählen zu den sogenannten stillen Feiertagen, der Karfreitag zudem als Trauertag, stehen doch Sterben und Leiden Christi im Zentrum.
Sie führte die kleine Klothilde an der Hand, ein außerordentlich mageres Kind in geblümtem Kattunkleidchen, mit glanzlosem, aschigem Haar und stiller Altjungfernmiene.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sitll
- sstill
- stil
- stlil
- sttill
- tsill
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of still - 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.
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 "still", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).