study
/ˈstʌd.i/verb, noun
study is spelled S-T-U-D-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is studdy: about 100 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 98 of all searches for the word. Study is a verb meaning “To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation…”.
How many letters and syllables are in study?
| Letters | 5: S-T-U-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 182 times per million words; the 556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, studdy, about 100 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell study?
Study is spelled S-T-U-D-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 98 of the searches for study in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is study?
Study appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce study?
- UK /ˈstʌd.i/
- US /ˈstʌd.i/
- US [ˈstʌɾ.i]
Study has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-to_study.ogg, En-us-study.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with study?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as study from its last stressed vowel (/ʌdi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dusty.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of study
- studies present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- studying participle, present
- studied participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does study mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
- 2
To take a course or courses on a subject.
I study medicine at the university.
- 3
To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
Biologists study living things.
- 4
To look at carefully and minutely.
He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
- 5
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
- 6
archaicTo endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
noun
- 1
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
The study of languages is fascinating.
- 2
The act of studying or examining; examination.
I made a careful study of his sister.
- 3
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- 4
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.
- 5
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture
- 6
The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
Geoffrey's face was a study.
- 7
A piece for special practice; an etude.
- 8
An academic publication.
That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Study in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étudier, réviser , faire des études , étude, études , bureau |
| German | lernen , studieren , Studium , Arbeitszimmer, Studierzimmer , erforschen |
| Portuguese | estudar , estudo, aprendizado , escritório , aprender , examinar |
| Spanish | estudiar , cursar , estudio , examinar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does study come from?
Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).