# Staate vs stage

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Staate
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtaːtə] · frequency rank #36,640*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Staat

### stage
*noun · IPA [steɪdʒ] · frequency rank #15,753*
Etappe, Stadium, Station in einem Prozess

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/staate-vs-stage