Which to use
“Stains” is a name and “stakes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,918
- “Stains” frequency rank
- #6,962
- “stakes” frequency rank
- 22880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Stains | stakes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A city in Seine-Saint-Denis department, France. | plural of stake |
Letter map: Stains vs stakes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Stains and stakes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: Stains vs stakes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stains is aname and stakesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Stains is recorded at frequency rank #15,918, classified as aname. stakes is at rank #6,962, tagged as anoun, pronounced /steɪks/.
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 22880, this pair ranks #413,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Stains vs stakes
Shared letters: ast. Private to "Stains": in. Private to "stakes": ek.
"Stains" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "stakes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "Stains" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stakes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Stains" and "stakes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staid vs Stains". 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 #413,369 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.