# Sandia vs stadia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sandia
*name · IPA /ˌsænˈdiː.ə/ · frequency rank #46,754*
A Southern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe in New Mexico.

### stadia
*noun · frequency rank #40,903*
A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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