# stamina

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstæmɪnə/ · frequency rank #17,502

## Definitions
1. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
2. The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

## Etymology
From Latin stāmina, plural of stāmen.

## Easily confused with
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-stating)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-staring)
- **steaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-steaming)
- **stamping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamina-vs-stamping)
- **stain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stain-vs-stamina)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalin-vs-stamina)
- **Stains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stains-vs-stamina)
- **salina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salina-vs-stamina)
- **Sabina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabina-vs-stamina)
- **stadia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stamina)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stamina)
- **shaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaming-vs-stamina)
- **staking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staking-vs-stamina)

## Common misspellings (10)
`satmina`, `sstamina`, `staimna`, `stamian`, `staminna`, `stammina`, `stamnia`, `stmaina`, `sttamina`, `tsamina`

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