stadevsstatsConfusable pair

Which to use

“stade” and “stats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,387
“stade” frequency rank
#4,124
“stats” frequency rank
45511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stade stats
Definition Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”). Clipping of statistics (the subject).

Where the eye mixes stade and stats

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
stade
5 ch
stats

Visual trap between stade and stats

A purely visual mix-up. stade (/steɪd/) and stats (/stæts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45511, 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/. stats is at rank #4,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced /stæts/.

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 45511, this pair ranks #220,608 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stade vs stats

Shared letters: ast. Private to "stade": de. Private to "stats": -.

"stade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "stats" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stadesatde · sstade · stadde · stdae · sttade · tsade
  • statssatts · sstats · stast · statss · statts · sttas · sttats · tsats

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stade" and "stats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/steɪd/ versus /stæts/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "stade" or "stats"?
"stats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,124 in our English list, against #41,387 for "stade". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,608 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stade" and "stats" 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 #220,608 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list