stay away
"stay-away" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stay away” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stay-away · stay away · English
stay away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | stay away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stay away” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stay away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for stay away in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is stay away, spelled S-T-A-Y- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stay away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why you act crazy? Not an act maybe So close a lady Shifty eyes shady I stay away I stay away I stay away I stay away
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.