stasevsstatTell them apart

Which to use

“stase” and “stat” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,372
“stase” frequency rank
#22,422
“stat” frequency rank
71794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stase stat
Definition Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). Statistique.

Where the eye mixes stase and stat

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
stase
4 ch
stat

Why the eye confuses stase with stat

A purely visual mix-up. stase (\staz\) and stat (\stat\) 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 71794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stase is recorded at frequency rank #49,372, classified as anoun, pronounced \staz\. stat is at rank #22,422, tagged as anoun, 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 71794, this pair ranks #46,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stase vs stat

Shared letters: ast. Private to "stase": e. Private to "stat": -.

"stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "stat" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stasesatse · sstase · staes · stasse · stsae · sttase
  • statsatt · sstat · statt · stta · sttat · tsat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stase" and "stat" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\staz\ versus \stat\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "stase" vs "stat" - which ranks higher?
"stat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,422 in our French list, against #49,372 for "stase". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "stase" and "stat" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stase" and "stat" 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 #46,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list