# story

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɔː.ɹi/ · frequency rank #341

## Definitions
1. An account of real or fictional events.
2. A lie, fiction.
3. A soap opera.
4. History.
5. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
6. A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
7. Ellipsis of user story.

## Etymology
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.

## Easily confused with
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-str)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-stow)
- **study** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-study)
- **sword** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-sword)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-sworn)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-stray)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-stove)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-swore)
- **stout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-stout)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-stowe)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-sturm)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-surry)
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-sturdy)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soy-vs-story)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sor-vs-story)
- **sry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sry-vs-story)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stop-vs-story)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stay-vs-story)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-story)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sotry`, `sstory`, `storry`, `storyy`, `stoyr`, `stroy`, `sttory`, `tsory`

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