Which to use
“stage” is a noun and “stagner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,598
- “stage” frequency rank
- #36,165
- “stagner” frequency rank
- 38763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stage | stagner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pour un liquide, ne pas bouger, rester inerte. |
Where the eye mixes stage and stagner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. stage runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against stagner's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: stage vs stagner
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stage is \staʒ\ while stagner is \staɡ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 38763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stage is recorded at frequency rank #2,598, classified as anoun, pronounced \staʒ\. stagner is at rank #36,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \staɡ.ne\.
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 38763, this pair ranks #252,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stage vs stagner
Shared letters: aegst. Private to "stage": -. Private to "stagner": nr.
"stage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stagner" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stage" for "stagner" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "stage" or "stagner" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stage" and "stagner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stagner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stage" and "stagner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stagner vs stoner". 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 #252,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.