Which to use
“site” is a noun and “state” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #286
- “site” frequency rank
- #10,789
- “state” frequency rank
- 11075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | site | state |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnement immédiat. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de stater. |
Where the eye mixes site and state
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. site runs 4 letters (CVCV) against state's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: site vs state
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: site is \sit\ while state is \stat\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
site is recorded at frequency rank #286, classified as anoun, pronounced \sit\. state is at rank #10,789, tagged as averb, pronounced \stat\.
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 11075, this pair ranks #410,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of site vs state
Shared letters: est. Private to "site": i. Private to "state": a.
"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "state" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "site" and "state" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "site" vs "state" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "site" and "state" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "state" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "site" and "state" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stase vs state". 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 #410,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.