# spades vs stade

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### spades
*noun · IPA /speɪdz/ · frequency rank #24,318*
plural of spade

### stade
*noun · IPA /steɪd/ · frequency rank #41,387*
Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).

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