stick by
"stick-by" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stick by” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - to follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stick by |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stick by” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stick by is 8 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "to follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something".
stick by has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is stick by, spelled S-T-I-C-K- -B-Y.
Definition
- 1to follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something
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.
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Using “stick by”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-I-C-K- -B-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.