stage

[steɪdʒ]

/[steɪdʒ]/ noun

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The verdict

“stage” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,753
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Etappe, Stadium, Station in einem Prozess

Corpus desk

Index DE-stage · stage · German

stage · rank #15,753 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,753
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spezieller

Nearest frequency peer: spezieller (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „stage“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „stage“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

stage vs ste
60% similar
stage vs Star
40% similar
stage vs Stau
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stage
PropertyValue
Headwordstage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[steɪdʒ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,753
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stage“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stageliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spezieller“ (#15,752), „stammten“ (#15,754), „Spargel“ (#15,751). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stage“ bei #15,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around stage (IPA [steɪdʒ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for stage, with forms such as "sstage", "staeg", and "stagge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ste", "Star", "Stau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is stage, spelled S-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Etappe, Stadium, Station in einem Prozess
  2. 2
    Bühne, Schauplatz (Erhöhung zur Aufführung von Theater- oder Musikstücken oder Ähnliches)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A stage is an individual part of a process.
  2. Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstage
  • staeg
  • stagge
  • stgae
  • sttage
  • tsage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sstage1staeg2stagge1stgae2sttage1tsage2
Edit distance from "stage"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stage"?
"stage" is spelled S-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [steɪdʒ].
What does "stage" mean?
As a noun, "stage" means: Etappe, Stadium, Station in einem Prozess
What words are commonly confused with "stage"?
"stage" is commonly confused with "ste", "Star", "Stau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stage" is [steɪdʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stage" come from?
"stage" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

today#15,761Prosa#15,725Voigt#15,786peace#15,716

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

them6 variantssinnen6 variantsZins6 variantsMeile6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list