# stumps

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,923

## Definitions
1. close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires)

## Easily confused with
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumps-vs-sums)
- **sump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumps-vs-sump)
- **steps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steps-vs-stumps)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stops-vs-stumps)
- **stamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamp-vs-stumps)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stump-vs-stumps)
- **slump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slump-vs-stumps)
- **studs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/studs-vs-stumps)
- **stomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomp-vs-stumps)
- **slums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slums-vs-stumps)
- **stamps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamps-vs-stumps)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strips-vs-stumps)
- **stuffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stuffs-vs-stumps)
- **Stubbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stubbs-vs-stumps)
- **stumped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stumped-vs-stumps)

## Common misspellings (10)
`sstumps`, `stmups`, `sttumps`, `stummps`, `stumpps`, `stumpss`, `stumsp`, `stupms`, `sutmps`, `tsumps`

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