# States vs stones

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### States
*name · IPA \stɛts\ · frequency rank #10,245*
États-Unis d’Amérique.

### stones
*adjective · IPA \stɔn\ · frequency rank #19,162*
Pluriel de stone.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/states-vs-stones