stop sign
"stop-sign" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stop sign” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stop-sign · stop sign · English
stop sign · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 sign |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stop sign” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stop sign is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.".
Zero misspellings are on record for stop sign in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is stop sign, spelled S-T-O-P- -S-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1A sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stop sign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No stop signs, speed limit Nobody's gonna slow me down
This word in other languages
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.