slipvsstopWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: slip is a noun, stop is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“slip” is a noun and “stop” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,124
“slip” frequency rank
#7,087
“stop” frequency rank
55211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature slip stop
Definition escorregão pare, para

Letter map: slip vs stop

Shared letters muted; letters that set slip and stop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
slip
4 ch
stop

Grammar separator: slip vs stop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: slip is anoun and stopanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

slip is recorded at frequency rank #48,124, classified as anoun, pronounced /slɪp/. stop is at rank #7,087, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 55211, this pair ranks #10,744 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of slip vs stop

Shared letters: ps. Private to "slip": il. Private to "stop": ot.

"slip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sliplsip · silp · slipp · sllip · slpi · sslip
  • stopsotp · sstop · stopp · stpo · sttop · tsop

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "slip" for "stop" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "slip" is a noun and "stop" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "slip" vs "stop" - which ranks higher?
"stop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,087 in our Portuguese list, against #48,124 for "slip". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "slip" vs "stop" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "slip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,744 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "slip" and "stop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "slip vs soap". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #10,744 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list