sto

/\sɛ\/ prep

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,269

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sto is aFrenchprep. It means: Contraction de la préposition et de l'article défini, « dans le ». Pronounced \sɛ\. Often confused with su and sy.

Key facts for sto
PropertyValue
Headwordsto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPrep
IPA\sɛ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#31,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sto in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sto is 3 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,269 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Contraction de la préposition et de l'article défini, « dans le ».".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sto in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "sy", "SV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sto, spelled S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contraction de la préposition et de l'article défini, « dans le ».

Frequency rank: #31,269 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sto"?
"sto" is spelled S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ\.
What does "sto" mean?
As a prep, "sto" means: Contraction de la préposition et de l'article défini, « dans le ».
What words are commonly confused with "sto"?
"sto" is commonly confused with "su", "sy", "SV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sto" is \sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sto" come from?
"sto" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.