Stoppard
/ˈstɒ.pəɹd/
"stoppard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stoppard” is uncommon English (frequency #63,277 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,277
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stoppard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɒ.pəɹd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stoppard” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stoppard is uncommon English at frequency #63,277 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈstɒ.pəɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Stoppard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Stoppard, spelled S-T-O-P-P-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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Using “Stoppard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-O-P-P-A-R-D - 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.