# stolen

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/ · frequency rank #3,586

## Definitions
1. past participle of steal

## Etymology
From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”).

## Easily confused with
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-style)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stone)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stove)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stowe)
- **Stoll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stoll)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stores)
- **Stones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stones)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-styled)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-storey)
- **stoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stoned)
- **stoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stoner)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stowed)
- **stoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stoney)
- **sullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-sullen)
- **stover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stover)
- **swollen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-swollen)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sole-vs-stolen)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stole-vs-stolen)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoke-vs-stolen)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sotlen`, `sstolen`, `stloen`, `stoeln`, `stolenn`, `stollen`, `stolne`, `sttolen`, `tsolen`

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