# study

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstʌd.i/ · frequency rank #554

## Definitions
1. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
2. To take a course or courses on a subject.
3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
4. To look at carefully and minutely.
5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

## Easily confused with
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-sud)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stun)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-suny)
- **suds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-suds)
- **stuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stuff)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stunt)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stump)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stung)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-sturm)
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-sturdy)
- **stuffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stuffy)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/std-vs-study)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-study)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stay-vs-study)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-study)
- **stub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stub-vs-study)
- **spud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spud-vs-study)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/story-vs-study)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuck-vs-study)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sstudy`, `stduy`, `sttudy`, `studdy`, `studyy`, `stuyd`, `sutdy`, `tsudy`

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