# stair vs stasis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stasis
*noun · IPA /ˈsteɪsɪs/ · frequency rank #29,480*
A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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