Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stop word

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables: stop -word
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, etc.

Inflected Forms

stop words (plural) stopword (alternative)

Questions

What does stop word mean?: A word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, etc.

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