# stakes

> English word · Noun · IPA /steɪks/ · frequency rank #6,962

## Definitions
1. plural of stake

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-state)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stars)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stays)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stare)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stoke)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stale)
- **Sykes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-sykes)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stave)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-states)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-status)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stated)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stores)
- **stands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stands)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stayed)
- **Stones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stones)
- **stamps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stamps)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stared)
- **stokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stokes)
- **Stalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stalls)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satkes`, `sstakes`, `staeks`, `stakess`, `stakkes`, `stakse`, `stkaes`, `sttakes`, `tsakes`

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