# stood

> English word · Verb · IPA /stʊd/ · frequency rank #2,645

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of stand

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

## Easily confused with
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stop)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stud)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stow)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-store)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-storm)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stops)
- **sword** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-sword)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stove)
- **stool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stool)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stout)
- **synod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-synod)
- **swoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-swoop)
- **stoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stoop)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stowe)
- **stork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stork)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-swoon)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-strode)
- **Stroud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stroud)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-stowed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sotod`, `sstood`, `stod`, `stodo`, `stoodd`, `sttood`, `tsood`

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