Which to use
“saké” and “stage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,653
- “saké” frequency rank
- #2,598
- “stage” frequency rank
- 46251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saké | stage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°. | Période de travail auprès d’un employeur, effectuée à des fins de formation et faisant partie intégrante d’un cursus scolaire ou de l’enseignement supérieur. |
Where the eye mixes saké and stage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. saké runs 4 letters (CVCV) against stage's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: saké vs stage
A purely visual mix-up. saké (\sa.ke\) and stage (\staʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saké is recorded at frequency rank #43,653, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ke\. stage is at rank #2,598, tagged as anoun, pronounced \staʒ\.
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 46251, this pair ranks #196,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of saké vs stage
Shared letters: as. Private to "saké": ké. Private to "stage": egt.
"saké" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "stage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- stage ← satge · sstage · staeg · stagge · stgae · sttage · tsage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saké" for "stage" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "saké" or "stage" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "saké" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saké" and "stage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saké vs stase". 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 #196,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.