Which to use
“stage” and “stase” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,598
- “stage” frequency rank
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- 51970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stage | stase |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). |
Where the eye mixes stage and stase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stage 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 stage with stase
A purely visual mix-up. stage (\staʒ\) 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 - g in “stage” becomes s in “stase”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51970, 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\. 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 51970, this pair ranks #151,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stage vs stase
Shared letters: aest. Private to "stage": g. Private to "stase": -.
"stage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stage" and "stase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "stage" or "stase"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stage" and "stase" 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 "stase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stage" 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 #151,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.