Which to use
“stasis” and “status” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,480
- “stasis” frequency rank
- #1,439
- “status” frequency rank
- 30919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stasis | status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others. |
Where the eye mixes stasis and status
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stasis and status follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: stasis vs status
A purely visual mix-up. stasis (/ˈsteɪsɪs/) and status (/ˈsteɪ.təs/) 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 30919, 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/. status is at rank #1,439, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsteɪ.təs/.
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 30919, this pair ranks #350,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stasis vs status
Shared letters: ast. Private to "stasis": i. Private to "status": u.
"stasis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stasis" for "status" ever safe?
Which is more common, "stasis" or "status"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "stasis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "status" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stasis" and "status" 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 #350,499 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.