# stade vs staid

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### staid
*adjective · IPA /steɪd/ · frequency rank #48,507*
Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

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