# style

> English word · Noun · IPA /staɪl/ · frequency rank #818

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
2. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
3. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
4. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
5. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
6. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
7. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
8. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
9. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
10. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
11. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
12. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
13. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
14. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
15. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”) (compare semantic development to по́черк (póčerk, “handwriting, style”)), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus.
The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **Styx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/style-vs-styx)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/style-vs-styled)
- **stylus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/style-vs-stylus)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sle-vs-style)
- **sale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sale-vs-style)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sole-vs-style)
- **Skye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-style)
- **still** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/still-vs-style)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-style)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stage-vs-style)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-style)
- **scale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scale-vs-style)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stone-vs-style)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steve-vs-style)
- **smile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smile-vs-style)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stole-vs-style)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stake-vs-style)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-style)
- **stall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stall-vs-style)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stoke-vs-style)

## Common misspellings (8)
`sstyle`, `stlye`, `sttyle`, `styel`, `stylle`, `styyle`, `sytle`, `tsyle`

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