stop off
"stop-off" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stop off” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stop-off · stop off · English
stop off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stop off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stop off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stop off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
stop off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is stop off, spelled S-T-O-P- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
- 2To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stop off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.
Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.