stop

\stɔp\

/\stɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“stop” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,422
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signalisation routière indiquant aux automobilistes qu’ils doivent marquer un arrêt et vérifier que la voie est libre avant de passer. Elle est composée dans de nombreux pays d’un panneau octogonal...

Corpus desk

Index FR-stop · stop · French

stop · rank #3,422 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,422
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réfugiés

Nearest frequency peer: réfugiés (-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 « stop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stop » 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).

stop vs SVP
0% similar
stop vs stp
75% similar
stop vs sup
50% similar

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

Key facts for stop
PropertyValue
Headwordstop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stɔp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,422
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stop »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réfugiés » (#3,421), « Stress » (#3,423), « rends » (#3,420). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stop » est au #3,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around stop (IPA \stɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,422 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for stop, with forms such as "sotp", "sstop", and "stopp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SVP", "stp", "sup", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stop, spelled S-T-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signalisation routière indiquant aux automobilistes qu’ils doivent marquer un arrêt et vérifier que la voie est libre avant de passer. Elle est composée dans de nombreux pays d’un panneau octogonal rouge avec l’inscription éponyme « STOP », et d’une bande blanche peinte au sol matérialisant la zone où doit s’arrêter l’avant du véhicule.
  2. 2
    Feu de signalisation, à l’arrière d’une automobile ou d’une moto qui s’allume quand on freine.
  3. 3
    Dans un télégramme, sert à séparer les phrases ou segments à la place du point.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Code de la route s'applique aussi à vous, et même si c'est rare, la police peut vous contraventionner pour non-arrêt à un stop, par exemple.
  2. La voiture a grillé le stop et a renversé un cycliste qui passait à ce moment-là.

Synonyms

arrêtarrêt-stop

This word in other languages

stop sign(English)pare(Español)Stoppschild(Deutsch)stop(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sotp
  • sstop
  • stopp
  • stpo
  • sttop
  • tsop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stop - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sotp2sstop1stopp1stpo2sttop1tsop2
Edit distance from "stop"

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 "stop"?
"stop" is spelled S-T-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \stɔp\.
What does "stop" mean?
As a noun, "stop" means: Signalisation routière indiquant aux automobilistes qu’ils doivent marquer un arrêt et vérifier que la voie est libre avant de passer. Elle est composée dans de nombreux pays d’un panneau octogonal...
What words are commonly confused with "stop"?
"stop" is commonly confused with "SVP", "stp", "sup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stop" is \stɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stop" come from?
"stop" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Loup#3,409fout#3,403défi#3,454liée#3,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

créée6 variantscasser6 variantscarré6 variantscanon6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list