# staged

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #9,255

## Definitions
1. Of an event, intentionally performed while being falsely contrived to appear authentic or coincidental.
2. Intended for the stage as in a theater.

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-state)
- **stand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stand)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stake)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stare)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stale)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stave)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-steed)
- **staid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-staid)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-states)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stayed)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stages)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stakes)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-styled)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stared)
- **stoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stoned)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stoked)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-stares)
- **swayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-swayed)
- **surged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-surged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satged`, `sstaged`, `staegd`, `stagde`, `stagedd`, `stagged`, `stgaed`, `sttaged`, `tsaged`

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