stony
\ˈstəʊ.ni\
The verdict
“stony” is uncommon French (frequency #70,236 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,236
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fait de pierre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stony |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈstəʊ.ni\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stony” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stony is uncommon French at frequency #70,236 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈstəʊ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stony, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is stony, spelled S-T-O-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Fait de pierre.
- 2Faite de pierres, pierreux, caillouteux.
- 3Dur comme de la pierre.
- 4Qui a un cœur de pierre.
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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Using “stony”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-O-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈstəʊ.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.