Staatsapparat
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The verdict
“Staatsapparat” is uncommon German (frequency #56,550 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,550
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Institutionen und Personen, die für die Ausführung der Staatsgewalt existieren beziehungsweise zu einem Staat gehören
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Staatsapparat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #56,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Staatsapparat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Staatsapparat is uncommon German at frequency #56,550 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Institutionen und Personen, die für die Ausführung der Staatsgewalt existieren beziehungsweise zu einem Staat gehören".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Staatsapparat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Staatsapparat, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-A-P-P-A-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Institutionen und Personen, die für die Ausführung der Staatsgewalt existieren beziehungsweise zu einem Staat gehören
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-A-T-S-A-P-P-A-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.