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“stares” and “stasis” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,214
- “stares” frequency rank
- #29,480
- “stasis” frequency rank
- 48694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stares | stasis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of stare | 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. |
Where the eye mixes stares and stasis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stares and stasis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: stares vs stasis
A purely visual mix-up. stares (/ˈstɛəz/) and stasis (/ˈsteɪsɪs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stares is recorded at frequency rank #19,214, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈstɛəz/. stasis is at rank #29,480, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsteɪsɪs/.
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 48694, this pair ranks #190,628 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stares vs stasis
Shared letters: ast. Private to "stares": er. Private to "stasis": i.
"stares" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stasis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stares" and "stasis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "stares" vs "stasis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "stares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stasis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,628 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stares" and "stasis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staid vs stasis". 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 #190,628 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.