# snares vs stare

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### snares
*noun · IPA /snɛəz/ · frequency rank #43,377*
plural of snare

### stare
*verb · IPA /stɛɚ/ · frequency rank #8,211*
To look fixedly (at something).

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