# stoic

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstəʊ.ɪk/ · frequency rank #24,008

## Definitions
1. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
2. A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

## Etymology
From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “the Stoa Poikile”, literally “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno of Citium was teaching.

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

## Common misspellings (7)
`sotic`, `sstoic`, `stioc`, `stoci`, `stoicc`, `sttoic`, `tsoic`

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