The 16 most stable triads of 22edo

The 16 most stable triads of 22-TET, from an empirical experiment, notated in Ups and Downs

Triads represent inversional equivalence classes and are written in normal form, with a root of zero. The second and third numbers in the triple represent the lower and outer intervals in degrees of 22-TET respectively. Triads are written in the inversion for which the outer interval is the smallest, and, in the case that two inversion have the same sized outer interval, that the lower interval is the smallest.

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Rank	Triad	Name	Size in cents	Ratios approximated	Stability
1	[0,7,13]	Classic major triad	382-709	5/4, 6/5, 4/3, 4:5:6	0
2	[0,4,13]	Suspended triad	491-709	4/3, 8/7, 4/3, 6:8:9
3	[0,8,13]	Supermajor triad	436-709	9/7, 7/6, 4/3, 14:18:21
4	[0,6,13]	Classic minor triad	327-709	6/5, 5/4, 4/3, 10:12:15
5	[0,5,9]	Subminor seventh (no third)	709-982	3/2, 7/6, 8/7, 4:6:7
6	[0,4,9]	Subminor seventh (no fifth)	273-982& 7/6, 3/2, 8/7, 12:14:21
7	[0,2,9]	Classic major seventh (no fifth)	382-1082	5/4, 3/2, 15/14, 8:10:15
8	[0,7,12]	``Squished major triad	382-655	5/4, 7/6, 11/8, 24:30:35
9	[0,6,11]	Harmonic diminished triad	327-600	6/5, 7/6, 7/5, 5:6:7
10	[0,4,11]	Harmonic dominant seventh (no fifth)	382-982	5/4, 7/5, 8/7, 4:5:7
11	[0,4,7]	Classic major add 9 (no fifth)	218-382 &8/7, 10/9, 8/5, 8:9:10
12	[0,5,13]	Subminor triad	273-709	7/6, 9/7, 4/3, 6:7:9
13	[0,7,11]	Classic major flat 5	382-600	5/4, 8/7, 7/5, 12:15:17
14	[0,7,14]	Classic augmented triad	382-765	5/4, 5/4, 9/7, 16:20:25
15	[0,3,9]	Classic minor seventh (no fifth)	327-1036	6/5, 3/2, 10/9, 5:6:9
16	[0,7,9]	Classic major seventh (no third)	709-1082	3/2, 5/4, 15/14, 8:12:15