Which to use
“stage” is a noun and “stated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #837
- “stage” frequency rank
- #1,880
- “stated” frequency rank
- 2717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stage | stated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A phase. | simple past and past participle of state |
Where the eye mixes stage and stated
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stage is /steɪd͡ʒ/ while stated is /ˈsteɪtɪd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stage is recorded at frequency rank #837, classified as anoun, pronounced /steɪd͡ʒ/. 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 2717, this pair ranks #524,226 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stage vs stated
Shared letters: aest. Private to "stage": g. Private to "stated": d.
"stage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC