waystage

Etymology

From way + stage.

waystage means A stage on the way to successfully learning something, especially a foreign language. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A stage on the way to successfully learning something, especially a foreign language.“Teachers are encouraged to see these common problems as fruitful errors, waystages on the route to mature understanding that they can manipulate and direct in useful ways.”