Which to use
“staffed” is an adjective and “stated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,437
- “staffed” frequency rank
- #1,880
- “stated” frequency rank
- 20317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | staffed | stated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Occupied by staff, having members of staff. | simple past and past participle of state |
Letter map: staffed vs stated
Shared letters muted; letters that set staffed and stated apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - staffed and stated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: staffed is anadjective and statedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
staffed is recorded at frequency rank #18,437, classified as anadj. stated is at rank #1,880, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsteɪtɪd/.
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 20317, this pair ranks #431,924 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of staffed vs stated
Shared letters: adest. Private to "staffed": f. Private to "stated": -.
"staffed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "stated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "staffed" and "stated" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "staffed" vs "stated" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "staffed" and "stated".
- Full dictionary entry for "staffed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,924 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "staffed" and "stated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staffed vs stapled". 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 #431,924 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.