# stadia

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,903

## Definitions
1. A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
2. Hash marks or other reticle etchings on a riflescope's lens which are used for stadiametric rangefinding; lines or curves for estimating the range of a target of known height, such as an enemy soldier or a game animal.
3. (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.

## Etymology
From Italian stadia.

## Easily confused with
- **stain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stain)
- **stair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stair)
- **Stasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stasi)
- **staid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-staid)
- **studio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-studio)
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-static)
- **Stalin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stalin)
- **stanza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stanza)
- **stasis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stasis)
- **stadium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stadium)
- **stamina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stadia-vs-stamina)
- **Sadie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadie-vs-stadia)
- **Sadiq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadiq-vs-stadia)
- **stade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stadia)
- **sharia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharia-vs-stadia)
- **Scalia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scalia-vs-stadia)
- **Sandia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandia-vs-stadia)

## Common misspellings (8)
`satdia`, `sstadia`, `stadai`, `staddia`, `staida`, `stdaia`, `sttadia`, `tsadia`

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