# stunt

> English word · Noun · IPA /stʌnt/ · frequency rank #8,862

## Definitions
1. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
2. An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
3. Ellipsis of publicity stunt.
4. A skill.
5. A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.

## Etymology
Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-sun)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-suit)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-sung)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-suns)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-suny)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-swung)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-sturm)
- **stunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stunt-vs-stunted)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-stunt)
- **sent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sent-vs-stunt)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shut-vs-stunt)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-stunt)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-stunt)
- **slut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-stunt)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stud-vs-stunt)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spun-vs-stunt)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stun-vs-stunt)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shun-vs-stunt)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sstunt`, `stnut`, `sttunt`, `stunnt`, `stuntt`, `stutn`, `sutnt`, `tsunt`

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