stick

/stɪk/

//stɪk// noun

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The verdict

“stick” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,831
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porrete

Corpus desk

Index PT-stick · stick · Portuguese

stick · rank #23,831 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,831
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH study

Nearest frequency peer: study (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “stick”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “stick” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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 Suíça
0% 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
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/stɪk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,831
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “stick”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).stickcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “study” (#23,833), “sondagem” (#23,826), “snake” (#23,825). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “stick” fica em #23,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stick (IPA /stɪk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,831 among 1,185 “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". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Suíça", "still", "sting", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is stick, spelled S-T-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    porrete
  2. 2
    estique, taco
  3. 3
    pente
  4. 4
    cravada

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. Speak softly and carry a big stick", USA president Theodore Roosevelt.
  2. You can add in one more 4GB ram stick if your motherboard supports it in order to improve the overall performance.

Synonyms

hockey stick

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 Portuguese 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 /stɪk/.
What does "stick" mean?
As a noun, "stick" means: porrete
What words are commonly confused with "stick"?
"stick" is commonly confused with "Suíça", "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 /stɪk/. 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 Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

study#23,833snake#23,825takes#23,841seara#23,819

Similar misspelling depth

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

paleta8 variantsfresh8 variantsesmola8 variantseleven8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list