# stock

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɒk/ · frequency rank #1,255

## Definitions
1. A store or supply.
2. A store or supply.
3. A store or supply.
4. A store or supply.
5. A store or supply.
6. A store or supply.
7. A store or supply.
8. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
9. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
10. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
11. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
12. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
13. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
14. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
15. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
16. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
17. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
18. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
19. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
20. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
21. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
22. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
23. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
24. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
25. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
26. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
27. A bar, stick, or rod.
28. A bar, stick, or rod.
29. A bar, stick, or rod.
30. A bar, stick, or rod.
31. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
32. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
33. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
34. A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
35. A cover for the legs; a stocking.
36. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
37. A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
38. The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
39. The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
40. Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
41. In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
42. The beater of a fulling mill.

## Etymology
From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”).
Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

## Easily confused with
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stop)
- **suck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-suck)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stow)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stone)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stuck)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-storm)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stood)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stops)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stole)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stoke)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stove)
- **stool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stool)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stout)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stony)
- **stomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stomp)
- **stoic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stoic)
- **stoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stoop)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stock-vs-stowe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sotck`, `sstock`, `stcok`, `stocck`, `stockk`, `stokc`, `sttock`, `tsock`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stock