Which to use
“Stansted” is a name and “stated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,069
- “Stansted” frequency rank
- #1,880
- “stated” frequency rank
- 50949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Stansted | stated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An airport to the north of London, in Essex, England. | simple past and past participle of state |
Letter map: Stansted vs stated
Shared letters muted; letters that set Stansted and stated apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Stansted runs 8 letters (CCVCCCVC) against stated's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Stansted / stated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stansted is aname and statedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Stansted is recorded at frequency rank #49,069, classified as aname. 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 50949, this pair ranks #169,727 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Stansted vs stated
Shared letters: adest. Private to "Stansted": n. Private to "stated": -.
"Stansted" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "stated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Stansted" and "stated" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Stansted" or "stated"?
What to do next
Pair "Stansted" vs "stated" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Stansted" 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 #169,727 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Stansted" and "stated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stansted vs stunted". 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 #169,727 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.