stood

/stʊd/

//stʊd// verb

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"stood" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stood” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,645
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of stand

Corpus desk

Index EN-stood · stood · English

stood · rank #2,645 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,645
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shift

Nearest frequency peer: shift (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stood”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “stood” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stood vs stop
60% similar
stood vs stud
60% similar
stood vs stow
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stood
PropertyValue
Headwordstood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/stʊd/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,645
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stood”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).stoodlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “shift” (#2,644), “storage” (#2,646), “scheme” (#2,643). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stood” is #2,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around stood (IPA /stʊd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,645 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of stand".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for stood, with forms such as "sotod", "sstood", and "stod". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stop", "stud", "stow", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”). The correct English form is stood, spelled S-T-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.
  2. The teacher stood her facing the corner.

Etymology

From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotod
  • sstood
  • stod
  • stodo
  • stoodd
  • sttood
  • tsood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stood - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sotod2sstood1stod1stodo2stoodd1sttood1tsood2
Edit distance from "stood"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stood"?
"stood" is spelled S-T-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /stʊd/.
What does "stood" mean?
As a verb, "stood" means: simple past and past participle of stand
What words are commonly confused with "stood"?
"stood" is commonly confused with "stop", "stud", "stow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stood" is /stʊd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "stood"?
From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stood", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shift#2,644tight#2,649index#2,628crown#2,665

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

occurred7 variantsassets7 variantsbutton7 variantsfruit7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list