# stucco

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,038

## Definitions
1. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
2. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
3. A work made of stucco; stuccowork.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock.

## Easily confused with
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stucco-vs-stuck)
- **studio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stucco-vs-studio)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sstucco`, `stcuco`, `sttucco`, `stuco`, `stucoc`, `sutcco`, `tsucco`

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