# store

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɔː/ · frequency rank #1,030

## Definitions
1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
2. A supply held in storage.
3. A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
4. Memory.
5. A great quantity or number; abundance.
6. Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).

## Etymology
From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin īnstaurō.

## Easily confused with
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-str)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-sure)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stow)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-story)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-style)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-storm)
- **sword** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-sword)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-sworn)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stove)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-swore)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stout)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stowe)
- **stork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stork)
- **strep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-strep)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-sturm)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stores)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-stroke)
- **storms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-storms)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-storey)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sotre`, `sstore`, `stoer`, `storre`, `stroe`, `sttore`, `tsore`

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