# stubble

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstʌb.əl/ · frequency rank #34,306

## Definitions
1. Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

## Etymology
From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

## Easily confused with
- **subtle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubble-vs-subtle)
- **Stubbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubble-vs-stubbs)
- **stubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubble-vs-stubby)
- **stumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubble-vs-stumble)
- **stumbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubble-vs-stumbled)
- **stable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stable-vs-stubble)
- **squabble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squabble-vs-stubble)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sstubble`, `stbuble`, `sttubble`, `stubbel`, `stubblle`, `stublbe`, `stuble`, `sutbble`, `tsubble`

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