statvsswapWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“stat” and “swap” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,422
“stat” frequency rank
#36,173
“swap” frequency rank
58595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stat swap
Definition Statistique. Contrat d'échange de flux financiers entre deux parties.

Where the eye mixes stat and swap

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
stat
4 ch
swap

Why the eye confuses stat with swap

A purely visual mix-up. stat (\stat\) and swap (\swap\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stat is recorded at frequency rank #22,422, classified as anoun, pronounced \stat\. swap is at rank #36,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced \swap\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58595, this pair ranks #108,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stat vs swap

Shared letters: as. Private to "stat": t. Private to "swap": pw.

"stat" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "swap" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statsatt · sstat · statt · stta · sttat · tsat
  • swapsawp · sswap · swapp · swpa · swwap · wsap

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stat" and "swap" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\stat\ versus \swap\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "stat" vs "swap" - which ranks higher?
"stat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,422 in our French list, against #36,173 for "swap". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "stat" and "swap" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "swap" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stat" and "swap" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sepp vs swap". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #108,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list