# stud

> English word · Noun · IPA /stʌd/ · frequency rank #10,615

## Definitions
1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
3. A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
6. A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
7. A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

## Etymology
From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

## Easily confused with
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-su)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sum)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sup)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-syd)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sus)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sui)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-suh)
- **Sul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sul)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sud)
- **sued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-sued)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stun)
- **Styx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-styx)
- **suds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-suds)
- **study** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-study)
- **stuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stuff)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stunt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`sstud`, `stdu`, `sttud`, `studd`, `sutd`, `tsud`

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