Which to use
“staged” is an adjective and “stated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,255
- “staged” frequency rank
- #1,880
- “stated” frequency rank
- 11135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | staged | stated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of an event, intentionally performed while being falsely contrived to appear authentic or coincidental. | simple past and past participle of state |
Letter map: staged vs stated
Shared letters muted; letters that set staged and stated apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for staged / stated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: staged is anadjective and statedaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “staged” becomes t in “stated”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
staged is recorded at frequency rank #9,255, 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 11135, this pair ranks #488,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of staged vs stated
Shared letters: adest. Private to "staged": g. Private to "stated": -.
"staged" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "staged" and "stated" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "staged" or "stated" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "staged" vs "stated" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "staged" 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 #488,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "staged" and "stated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Seager vs staged". 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 #488,720 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.