stops
/stɒps/
"stops" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stops” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,657
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of stop
Corpus desk
Index EN-stops · stops · English
stops · rank #3,657 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,657
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spiritual
Nearest frequency peer: spiritual (-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 “stops”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- signing
signing
96,347 corpus weight
- smooth
smooth
96,346 corpus weight
- spiritual
spiritual
96,345 corpus weight
- stops
stops
96,344 corpus weight
- string
string
96,343 corpus weight
- sudden
sudden
96,342 corpus weight
What this shows “stops” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stops |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɒps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stops”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around stops (IPA /stɒps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,657 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of stop".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stops, with forms such as "sotps", "sstops", and "stopps". 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, "STS", "STP", "stow", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is stops, spelled S-T-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of stop
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sotps
- sstops
- stopps
- stopss
- stosp
- stpos
- sttops
- tsops
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stops - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).