Stoppard
/ˈstɒ.pəɹd/
"stoppard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stoppard” is uncommon English (frequency #63,277 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,277
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stoppard · Stoppard · English
Stoppard · rank #63,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,277
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH storekeeper
Nearest frequency peer: storekeeper (+2 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 “Stoppard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Stilton
Stilton
36,728 corpus weight
- Stoppard
Stoppard
36,724 corpus weight
- storekeeper
storekeeper
36,722 corpus weight
- Stowell
Stowell
36,721 corpus weight
- streetlight
streetlight
36,720 corpus weight
- streetwise
streetwise
36,719 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Stoppard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Stoppard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Stoppard is uncommon English at frequency #63,277 among 6,566 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stoppard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.
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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