stamp
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "stamp", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "stamp" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "stamp" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
stamp is aEnglishnoun. It means: An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. Pronounced /stæmp/. It ranks #6,012 in English word frequency. Often confused with STM and STP.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stæmp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stamp is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /stæmp/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,012 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for stamp, with forms such as "satmp", "sstamp", and "stammp". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "STM", "STP", "stop", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to t… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is stamp, spelled S-T-A-M-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- 2An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
- 3A device for imprinting designs.
- 4A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
- 5A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
- 6A tattoo.
- 7A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- 8A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
- 9Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
Etymology
From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: satmp,sstamp,stammp,stampp,stapm,stmap,sttamp,tsamp
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Misspelling Variants of "stamp"
Frequency rank: #6,012 in English
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