stick with

verb

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"stick-with" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stick with” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stick-with · stick with · English

stick with · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for stick with
PropertyValue
Headwordstick with
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stick with” in English

stick withranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stick with is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for stick with in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is stick with, spelled S-T-I-C-K- -W-I-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with.
  2. 2
    To remain close to.
  3. 3
    To follow or adhere to.
  4. 4
    To follow loyally.
  5. 5
    To persist in using or employing.
  6. 6
    To endure in the memory of.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stick with appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Please stick with the path marked on the map, and try not to get lost.
  2. Stick with me, and I'll protect you.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stick with"?
"stick with" is spelled S-T-I-C-K- -W-I-T-H.
What does "stick with" mean?
As a verb, "stick with" means: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with.
What language does "stick with" come from?
"stick with" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list