sick to one's stomach
"sick-to-one-s-stomach" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sick to one's stomach” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sick-to-one-s-stomach · sick to one's stomach · English
sick to one's stomach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sick to one's stomach |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sick to one's stomach” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sick to one's stomach is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sick to one's stomach, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sick to one's stomach, spelled S-I-C-K- -T-O- -O-N-E-'-S- -S-T-O-M-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sick to one's stomach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[H]e had torn the paper from one of his cigarettes and was chewing the tobacco. This was his last resort, an expedient which he fell back upon only in great extremity, as it invariably made him sick to his stomach.
You don't know how sick you make me / You make me fucking sick to my stomach / Every time I think of you I puke
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.