Staatsräson
[ˈʃtaːt͡sʁɛˌzɔ̃ː]
The verdict
“Staatsräson” is uncommon German (frequency #79,764 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,764
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grundsatz, nach dem der Staat berechtigt ist, aus zwingenden Gründen des Staatswohls seine Interessen gegebenenfalls auch unter Verletzung der Rechte Einzelner durchzusetzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Staatsräson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːt͡sʁɛˌzɔ̃ː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Staatsräson” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Staatsräson is uncommon German at frequency #79,764 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaːt͡sʁɛˌzɔ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grundsatz, nach dem der Staat berechtigt ist, aus zwingenden Gründen des Staatswohls seine Interessen gegebenenfalls auch unter Verletzung der Rechte Einzelner durchzusetzen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Staatsräson, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Staatsräson, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-R-Ä-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Grundsatz, nach dem der Staat berechtigt ist, aus zwingenden Gründen des Staatswohls seine Interessen gegebenenfalls auch unter Verletzung der Rechte Einzelner durchzusetzen
This word in other languages
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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Using “Staatsräson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-A-T-S-R-Ä-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtaːt͡sʁɛˌzɔ̃ː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.