Which to use
“stade” and “stage” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,387
- “stade” frequency rank
- #837
- “stage” frequency rank
- 42224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stade | stage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”). | A phase. |
Where the eye mixes stade and stage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stade and stage follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses stade with stage
A purely visual mix-up. stade (/steɪd/) and stage (/steɪd͡ʒ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “stade” becomes g in “stage”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stade is recorded at frequency rank #41,387, classified as anoun, pronounced /steɪd/. stage is at rank #837, tagged as anoun, pronounced /steɪd͡ʒ/.
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 42224, this pair ranks #251,182 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stade vs stage
Shared letters: aest. Private to "stade": d. Private to "stage": g.
"stade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stade" and "stage" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stade" vs "stage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "stade" and "stage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,182 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stade" and "stage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stade vs staph". 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 #251,182 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.