Which to use
“Slates” is a name and “stakes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,781
- “Slates” frequency rank
- #6,962
- “stakes” frequency rank
- 53743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Slates | stakes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | plural of stake |
Letter map: Slates vs stakes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Slates and stakes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Slates / stakes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Slates is aname and stakesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Slates is recorded at frequency rank #46,781, classified as aname. stakes is at rank #6,962, tagged as anoun, pronounced /steɪks/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53743, this pair ranks #146,549 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Slates vs stakes
Shared letters: aest. Private to "Slates": l. Private to "stakes": k.
"Slates" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stakes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Slates" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stakes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,549 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Slates" and "stakes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sate vs Slates". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #146,549 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.