# stumped

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #30,990

## Definitions
1. Perplexed, confused.
2. out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.
3. Done for; bankrupt or ruined.

## Easily confused with
- **stupid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-stupid)
- **stumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-stumps)
- **stunned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-stunned)
- **swamped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-swamped)
- **stunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-stunted)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stump-vs-stumped)
- **stopped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stopped-vs-stumped)
- **studied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/studied-vs-stumped)
- **stepped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stumped)
- **stuffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffed-vs-stumped)
- **stamped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamped-vs-stumped)
- **striped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striped-vs-stumped)
- **studded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/studded-vs-stumped)
- **stemmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stemmed-vs-stumped)
- **stooped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stooped-vs-stumped)
- **stumbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumbled-vs-stumped)
- **stampede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stampede-vs-stumped)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sstumped`, `stmuped`, `sttumped`, `stumepd`, `stummped`, `stumpde`, `stumpedd`, `stumpped`, `stupmed`, `sutmped`, `tsumped`

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