# stuff

> English word · Noun · IPA /stʌf/ · frequency rank #757

## Definitions
1. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
2. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
3. Unspecified things or matters.
4. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
5. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
6. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
7. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
8. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
9. Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
10. Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
11. A medicine or mixture; a potion.
12. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
13. A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
14. Money.

## Etymology
From Middle English stuf, stuffe, borrowed from Medieval Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

## Easily confused with
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-surf)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stun)
- **Sufi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-sufi)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stunt)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stump)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stung)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-sturm)
- **stuffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stuffs)
- **stuffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stuffy)
- **stuffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuff-vs-stuffed)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-stuff)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stuff)
- **stub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stub-vs-stuff)
- **study** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/study-vs-stuff)
- **staff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staff-vs-stuff)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuck-vs-stuff)
- **stiff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stiff-vs-stuff)
- **sniff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sniff-vs-stuff)
- **studs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/studs-vs-stuff)

## Common misspellings (6)
`sstuff`, `stfuf`, `sttuff`, `stuf`, `sutff`, `tsuff`

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