# stall

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɔːl/ · frequency rank #9,823

## Definitions
1. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
3. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
4. A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
5. A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
6. A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7. An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
8. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
9. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
10. A sheath to protect the finger.
11. The space left by excavation between pillars.
12. A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

## Etymology
From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.

## Easily confused with
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stay)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-star)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stan)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stat)
- **still** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-still)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-state)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-start)
- **stand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stand)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-style)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stars)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-steel)
- **steal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-steal)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stays)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stole)
- **stamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stamp)
- **stark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stark)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stare)
- **swell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-swell)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-stash)

## Common misspellings (6)
`satll`, `sstall`, `stal`, `stlal`, `sttall`, `tsall`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stall