Which to use
“stasis” and “statist” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,480
- “stasis” frequency rank
- #46,791
- “statist” frequency rank
- 76271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stasis | statist |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | A supporter of statism. |
Where the eye mixes stasis and statist
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. stasis runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against statist's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: stasis vs statist
A purely visual mix-up. stasis (/ˈsteɪsɪs/) and statist (/ˈsteɪtɪst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stasis is recorded at frequency rank #29,480, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsteɪsɪs/. statist is at rank #46,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsteɪtɪst/.
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 76271, this pair ranks #30,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stasis vs statist
Shared letters: aist. Private to "stasis": -. Private to "statist": -.
"stasis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "statist" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stasis" for "statist" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "stasis" or "statist" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "stasis" and "statist" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stasis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "statist" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stasis" and "statist" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sadist vs statist". 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 #30,569 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.