stick to
"stick-to" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stick to” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-stick-to · stick to · English
stick to · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | stick to |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stick to” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stick to is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stick to appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.
If you stick to your studies, you will continue to improve.
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.