stoping

noun

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"stoping" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stoping” is uncommon English (frequency #75,450 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,450
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stoping · stoping · English

stoping · rank #75,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,450
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stour

Nearest frequency peer: stour (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “stoping”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “stoping” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stoping
PropertyValue
Headwordstoping
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,450
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stoping” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).stopingfalls in this rarity band:

#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. Rare peers in the same band: “stour” (#75,451), “Stengel” (#75,448), “Stourbridge” (#75,452). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stoping” is #75,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stoping is uncommon English at frequency #75,450 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.".

No misspelling variants are generated for stoping in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From stope + -ing. The correct English form is stoping, spelled S-T-O-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.

Etymology

From stope + -ing.

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 "stoping"?
"stoping" is spelled S-T-O-P-I-N-G.
What does "stoping" mean?
As a noun, "stoping" means: The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.
What is the origin of the word "stoping"?
From stope + -ing. 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 "stoping", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stengel#75,448steeler#75,445sulfite#75,457Taguchi#75,467

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list