Which to use
“store” and “stores” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,030
- “store” frequency rank
- #2,370
- “stores” frequency rank
- 3400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | store | stores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. | plural of store |
Where the eye mixes store and stores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between store and stores
A purely visual mix-up. store (/stɔː/) and stores (/stɔɹz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “store” sits inside “stores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
store is recorded at frequency rank #1,030, classified as anoun, pronounced /stɔː/. stores is at rank #2,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced /stɔɹz/.
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 3400, this pair ranks #522,227 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of store vs stores
Shared letters: eorst. Private to "store": -. Private to "stores": -.
"store" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "store" and "stores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "store" or "stores"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "store" and "stores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "store" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #522,227 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "store" and "stores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stores vs stover". 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 #522,227 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.