stoplight
"stoplight" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stoplight” is uncommon English (frequency #64,741 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,741
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stoplight · stoplight · English
stoplight · rank #64,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,741
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stereotypical…
Nearest frequency peer: stereotypically (-3 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 “stoplight”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Stanislav
Stanislav
35,267 corpus weight
- Starke
Starke
35,266 corpus weight
- Stauffer
Stauffer
35,264 corpus weight
- stereotypic…
stereotypically
35,263 corpus weight
- stoplight
stoplight
35,260 corpus weight
- substantive…
substantively
35,253 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stoplight” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stoplight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stoplight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stoplight is uncommon English at frequency #64,741 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stoplight, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stop + light. The correct English form is stoplight, spelled S-T-O-P-L-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
- 2A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stoplight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rear lamps are combined with the service stoplights and are contained in stoplight part and blackout marker light assemblies at the rear of the vehicle.
Etymology
From stop + light.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).