Which to use
“stages” and “stase” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,464
- “stages” frequency rank
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- 57836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stages | stase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de stage. | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). |
Where the eye mixes stages and stase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stages runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against stase's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses stages with stase
A purely visual mix-up. stages (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stages is recorded at frequency rank #8,464, 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 57836, this pair ranks #112,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stages vs stase
Shared letters: aest. Private to "stages": g. Private to "stase": -.
"stages" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stages" and "stase" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stages" vs "stase" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "stages" and "stase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stages" 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 #112,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stages" 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 #112,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.