# stupor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstjuː.pə/ · frequency rank #40,910

## Definitions
1. A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
2. A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.

## Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

## Easily confused with
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stupor-vs-super)
- **stupid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stupid-vs-stupor)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-stupor)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sstupor`, `stpuor`, `sttupor`, `stuopr`, `stuporr`, `stuppor`, `stupro`, `sutpor`, `tsupor`

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