Which to use
“shame” and “stase” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,158
- “shame” frequency rank
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- 85530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shame | stase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Honte. | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). |
Where the eye mixes shame and stase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. shame and stase follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses shame with stase
A purely visual mix-up. shame (\ˈʃeɪm\) and stase (\staz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shame is recorded at frequency rank #36,158, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈʃeɪm\. stase is at rank #49,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced \staz\.
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 85530, this pair ranks #11,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shame vs stase
Shared letters: aes. Private to "shame": hm. Private to "stase": t.
"shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shame" and "stase" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "shame" or "stase"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "shame" and "stase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "shame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shame" and "stase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "SSE 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 #11,212 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.