Which to use
“stase” and “strass” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,372
- “stase” frequency rank
- #37,570
- “strass” frequency rank
- 86942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stase | strass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Stabilité, constance dans le temps, immobilité, passivité ; absence de changement, de mouvement, d’activité (voir aussi l’adjectif statique). | Verroterie à base de plomb, incolore ou coloré à l’aide d’oxydes métalliques, imitant les pierres précieuses. |
Where the eye mixes stase and strass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stase runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against strass's 6 (CCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between stase and strass
A purely visual mix-up. stase (\staz\) and strass (\stʁas\) 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 86942, 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\. strass is at rank #37,570, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stʁas\.
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 86942, this pair ranks #8,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stase vs strass
Shared letters: ast. Private to "stase": e. Private to "strass": r.
"stase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "strass" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stase" and "strass" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "stase" or "strass"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "stase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "strass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stase" and "strass" 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 #8,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.