Which to use
“stade” and “stase” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,191
- “stade” frequency rank
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- 50563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stade | stase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mesure de longueur valant à peu près 180 mètres. | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). |
Where the eye mixes stade and stase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses stade with stase
A purely visual mix-up. stade (\stad\) 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 differ by a single letter - d in “stade” becomes s in “stase”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stade is recorded at frequency rank #1,191, classified as anoun, pronounced \stad\. 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 50563, this pair ranks #161,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stade vs stase
Shared letters: aest. Private to "stade": d. Private to "stase": -.
"stade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stade" and "stase" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stade" vs "stase" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "stade" and "stase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stade" 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 #161,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stade" 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 #161,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.