état

[e.ta]

/[e.ta]/ noun

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The verdict

“état” is uncommon German (frequency #95,194), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,194
frequency rank, German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art und Weise, wie etwas zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-etat · état · German

état · rank #95,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,194
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "É" thin
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zündschlüssel

Nearest frequency peer: Zündschlüssel (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „état“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „état“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for état
PropertyValue
Headwordétat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[e.ta]
Letters4
Frequency rank#95,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „état“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.étatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zündschlüssel“ (#95,192), „Überraschungseffekt“ (#95,196), „Zwischenräumen“ (#95,191). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

état is uncommon German at frequency #95,194, classed as anoun, transcribed [e.ta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art und Weise, wie etwas zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt ist".

No generated misspelling entries exist for état in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is état, spelled É-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art und Weise, wie etwas zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how état appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La voiture est en bon état.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "état"?
"état" is spelled É-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [e.ta].
What does "état" mean?
As a noun, "état" means: Art und Weise, wie etwas zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt ist
How do you pronounce "état"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "état" is [e.ta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "état" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "état", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wend#95,124cade#95,379enen#95,495slut#94,889

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list