Which to use
“stase” and “store” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- #9,242
- “store” frequency rank
- 58614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stase | store |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). | Rideau fait d’étoffe, de lames de bois, etc., qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’un cordon ou d’un ressort, et qu’on met devant une fenêtre, à une portière de voiture, etc., pour se protéger du soleil. |
Where the eye mixes stase and store
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: stase vs store
A purely visual mix-up. stase (\staz\) and store (\stɔʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58614, 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\. store is at rank #9,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stɔʁ\.
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 58614, this pair ranks #108,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stase vs store
Shared letters: est. Private to "stase": a. Private to "store": or.
"stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "store" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stase" and "store" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stase" vs "store" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "stase" and "store" 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 "store" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stase" and "store" 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 #108,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.