stopping

/ˈstɑpɪŋ/

//ˈstɑpɪŋ// verb

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"stopping" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stopping” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,412
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of stop

Corpus desk

Index EN-stopping · stopping · English

stopping · rank #4,412 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,412
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sole

Nearest frequency peer: sole (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stopping”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “stopping” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stopping vs storing
75% similar
stopping vs storming
75% similar
stopping vs swooping
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stopping
PropertyValue
Headwordstopping
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈstɑpɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,412
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stopping”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).stoppinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “sole” (#4,411), “strategies” (#4,413), “se” (#4,410). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stopping” is #4,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around stopping (IPA /ˈstɑpɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,412 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of stop".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stopping, with forms such as "sotpping", "sstopping", and "stoping". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "storing", "storming", "swooping", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is stopping, spelled S-T-O-P-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stop

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotpping
  • sstopping
  • stoping
  • stopipng
  • stoppign
  • stoppingg
  • stoppinng
  • stoppnig
  • stpoping
  • sttopping
  • tsopping

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stopping - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sotpping2sstopping1stoping1stopipng2stoppign2stoppingg1stoppinng1stoppnig2
Edit distance from "stopping"

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 "stopping"?
"stopping" is spelled S-T-O-P-P-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈstɑpɪŋ/.
What does "stopping" mean?
As a verb, "stopping" means: present participle and gerund of stop
What words are commonly confused with "stopping"?
"stopping" is commonly confused with "storing", "storming", "swooping". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stopping"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stopping" is /ˈstɑpɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stopping" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stopping", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list