stumpy
/ˈstʌmpi/
"stumpy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stumpy” is uncommon English (frequency #67,080 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,080
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stumpy · stumpy · English
stumpy · rank #67,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,080
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Stranraer
Nearest frequency peer: Stranraer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “stumpy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Stornoway
Stornoway
32,924 corpus weight
- Strafford
Strafford
32,923 corpus weight
- Stranraer
Stranraer
32,922 corpus weight
- stumpy
stumpy
32,921 corpus weight
- stupa
stupa
32,920 corpus weight
- subcompact
subcompact
32,919 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stumpy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stumpy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstʌmpi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stumpy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stumpy is uncommon English at frequency #67,080 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈstʌmpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stumpy, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stump + -y. The correct English form is stumpy, spelled S-T-U-M-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Like or resembling a stump; short and cut off.
- 2Full of stumps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stumpy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”
a stumpy forest
Etymology
From stump + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).