stoppage time
"stoppage-time" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stoppage time” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stoppage time |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stoppage time” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
stoppage time is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.".
No misspelling variants are generated for stoppage time in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is stoppage time, spelled S-T-O-P-P-A-G-E- -T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.
Synonyms
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 “stoppage time”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-O-P-P-A-G-E- -T-I-M-E - 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.