stick to
"stick-to" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stick to” 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 persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stick to |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stick to” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stick to 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. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for stick to in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is stick to, spelled S-T-I-C-K- -T-O.
Definition
- 1To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
- 2To follow and remain close to.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to.
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 to”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-I-C-K- -T-O - 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.