full stop
/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/
"full-stop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“full stop” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | full stop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “full stop” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for full stop is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for full stop, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is full stop, spelled F-U-L-L- -S-T-O-P.
Definition
- 1The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- 2A decisive end to something.
- 3A complete stop.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “full stop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-L-L- -S-T-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.