# stair vs stank

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stair
*noun · IPA /stɛɚ/ · frequency rank #20,786*
A single step in a staircase.

### stank
*verb · IPA /stæŋk/ · frequency rank #39,107*
simple past of stink

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