Staatstheater
[ˈʃtaːt͡steˌaːtɐ]
The verdict
“Staatstheater” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #31,804 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,804
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bedeutendes Theater in öffentlicher Trägerschaft eines Staates beziehungsweise (in Deutschland) eines Bundeslandes
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Staatstheater |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːt͡steˌaːtɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #31,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Staatstheater” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Staatstheater is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtaːt͡steˌaːtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,804 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bedeutendes Theater in öffentlicher Trägerschaft eines Staates beziehungsweise (in Deutschland) eines Bundeslandes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Staatstheater, with forms such as "satatstheater", "sstaatstheater", and "staasttheater". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Stadttheater", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Staatstheater, spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-T-H-E-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1bedeutendes Theater in öffentlicher Trägerschaft eines Staates beziehungsweise (in Deutschland) eines Bundeslandes
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: satatstheater,sstaatstheater,staasttheater,staatshteater,staatsstheater,staatstehater,staatsthaeter,staatstheaetr,staatstheaterr,staatstheatre,staatstheatter,staatsthetaer,staatsthheater,staatsttheater,staattsheater,staattstheater,statastheater,statstheater,sttaatstheater,tsaatstheater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Staatstheater - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Staatstheater”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-A-T-S-T-H-E-A-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtaːt͡steˌaːtɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Stadttheater” - see the side-by-side comparison. Staatstheater vs Stadttheater
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.