# stage vs Stasi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stage
*noun · IPA /steɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #837*
A phase.

### Stasi
*name · IPA /ˈstɑːzi/ · frequency rank #37,706*
The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

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