Staate

[ˈʃtaːtə]

/[ˈʃtaːtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Staate” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,640
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Staat

Corpus desk

Index DE-staate · Staate · German

Staate · rank #36,640 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,640
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staatsangehör…

Nearest frequency peer: Staatsangehörige (+1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Staate“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Staate“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Staate vs Stadt
67% similar
Staate vs statt
50% similar
Staate vs Start
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Staate
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,640
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Staate“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Staateliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Staatsangehörige“ (#36,641), „Spiegelung“ (#36,637), „Stadtplaner“ (#36,643). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staate“ bei #36,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Staate (IPA [ˈʃtaːtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,640 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Staate, with forms such as "satate", "sstaate", and "staaet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stadt", "statt", "Start", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Staate, spelled S-T-A-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Staat
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Staat
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Staat
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Staat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satate
  • sstaate
  • staaet
  • staatte
  • statae
  • sttaate
  • tsaate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Staate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

satate2sstaate1staaet2staatte1statae2sttaate1tsaate2
Edit distance from "Staate"

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 "Staate"?
"Staate" is spelled S-T-A-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːtə].
What does "Staate" mean?
As a noun, "Staate" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Staat
What words are commonly confused with "Staate"?
"Staate" is commonly confused with "Stadt", "statt", "Start". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Staate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staate" is [ˈʃtaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staate" come from?
"Staate" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sirius#36,627Sieber#36,624schont#36,616thront#36,666

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Sinus7 variantsTritte7 variantsruhte7 variantsRidge7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list