stick

\stik\

/\stik\/ noun

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The verdict

“stick” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,820
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baguette d’officier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stick · stick · French

stick · rank #25,820 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,820
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stern

Nearest frequency peer: Stern (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « stick »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « stick » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stick vs stock
80% similar
stick vs still
60% similar
stick vs sting
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stick
PropertyValue
Headwordstick
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stik\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,820
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stick »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).stickse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Stern » (#25,819), « strange » (#25,821), « Stefano » (#25,818). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stick » est au #25,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stick (IPA \stik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,820 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stick, with forms such as "sitck", "sstick", and "stcik". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stock", "still", "sting", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stick, spelled S-T-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baguette d’officier.
  2. 2
    Conditionnement en forme de bâtonnet.
  3. 3
    Groupe de parachutistes sautant en une seule fois d’un même avion.
  4. 4
    Cigarette de cannabis de diamètre fin (feuille simple ou 1¼).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un lieutenant entrait, le stick sous le bras, et, sans voir Brigitte, s’avançait à grands pas vers Moulay Hassen.
  2. […] un garçon ultra-chic, qui avait perdu un bras vers le début des hostilités, était installé au promenoir, très saoul, muni d’un stick qui n’était autre que l’os de son bras amputé, qu’il lançait parfois à la volée dans la salle et que les spectateurs lui renvoyaient en riant, tout comme lui, aux éclats.

Synonyms

crayon

This word in other languages

stick(English)Stock(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sitck
  • sstick
  • stcik
  • sticck
  • stickk
  • stikc
  • sttick
  • tsick

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stick - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sitck2sstick1stcik2sticck1stickk1stikc2sttick1tsick2
Edit distance from "stick"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stick"?
"stick" is spelled S-T-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \stik\.
What does "stick" mean?
As a noun, "stick" means: Baguette d’officier.
What words are commonly confused with "stick"?
"stick" is commonly confused with "stock", "still", "sting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stick" is \stik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stick" come from?
"stick" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stick", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stern#25,819soute#25,813tutos#25,846youpi#25,862

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Status8 variantssucette8 variantstapage8 variantsTobias8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list