staredvsSuarezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stared is a verb, Suarez is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stared” is a verb and “Suarez” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,065
“stared” frequency rank
#15,282
“Suarez” frequency rank
28347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stared Suarez
Definition simple past and past participle of stare A surname from Spanish.

Letter map: stared vs Suarez

Shared letters muted; letters that set stared and Suarez apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
stared
6 ch
Suarez

Grammar separator: stared vs Suarez

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stared is averb and Suarezaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stared is recorded at frequency rank #13,065, classified as averb, pronounced /stɛɹd/. Suarez is at rank #15,282, tagged as aname.

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 28347, this pair ranks #371,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stared vs Suarez

Shared letters: aers. Private to "stared": dt. Private to "Suarez": uz.

"stared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Suarez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • staredsatred · sstared · staerd · starde · staredd · straed · sttared · tsared
  • Suarezsaurez · ssuarez · suaerz · suarezz · suarrez · suarze · suraez · usarez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stared" for "Suarez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stared" is a verb and "Suarez" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stared" vs "Suarez" - which ranks higher?
"stared" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,065 in our English list, against #15,282 for "Suarez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "stared" and "Suarez".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stared" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Suarez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #371,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stared" and "Suarez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staid vs stared". 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 #371,787 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list