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 May 6, 2026) - To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stop off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stop off” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “stop off”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-O-P- -O-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.