# stomp

> English word · Verb · IPA /stɒmp/ · frequency rank #21,078

## Definitions
1. To trample heavily.
2. To stamp (one’s foot or feet).
3. To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
4. To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
5. To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine

## Etymology
1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.

## Easily confused with
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stp)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stop)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stow)
- **sump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-sump)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stone)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-storm)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stood)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stops)
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-strip)
- **swamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-swamp)
- **strap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-strap)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stove)
- **stool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stool)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stout)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stump)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stony)
- **swoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-swoop)
- **stoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stoop)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sotmp`, `sstomp`, `stmop`, `stommp`, `stompp`, `stopm`, `sttomp`, `tsomp`

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