# stade

> English word · Noun · IPA /steɪd/ · frequency rank #41,387

## Definitions
1. Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
2. A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
3. A stage of progress
4. A stage of progress
5. A stage of progress

## Etymology
From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio.

## Easily confused with
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-std)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stay)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-star)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stan)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stat)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stud)
- **stag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stag)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-state)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-start)
- **study** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-study)
- **stand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stand)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-style)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stage)
- **staff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-staff)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-store)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stars)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stone)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-steve)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stays)

## Common misspellings (6)
`satde`, `sstade`, `stadde`, `stdae`, `sttade`, `tsade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stade