# stops

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɒps/ · frequency rank #3,657

## Definitions
1. plural of stop

## Easily confused with
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-sts)
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stp)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stow)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-store)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-storm)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stove)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stout)
- **studs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-studs)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stowe)
- **stork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stork)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stores)
- **storms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-storms)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-strips)
- **stumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stumps)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sos-vs-stops)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-stops)
- **SPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sps-vs-stops)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stop-vs-stops)
- **shop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shop-vs-stops)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sotps`, `sstops`, `stopps`, `stopss`, `stosp`, `stpos`, `sttops`, `tsops`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stops