# stade vs starve

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### starve
*verb · IPA /stɑːv/ · frequency rank #14,640*
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

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