# stage vs Stange

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Stange
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtaŋə] · frequency rank #9,459*
länglicher Gegenstand meist aus Holz oder Metall, gerades Bauelement zur Kraftübertragung

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