state
[steit]
The verdict
“state” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,114
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf den Staat bezogen: staatlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-state · state · German
state · rank #7,114 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,114
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sprüche
Nearest frequency peer: Sprüche (-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 „state“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sendungen
Sendungen
92,890 corpus weight
- Sonnenschein
Sonnenschein
92,889 corpus weight
- Sprüche
Sprüche
92,888 corpus weight
- state
state
92,887 corpus weight
- statement
statement
92,886 corpus weight
- Sternen
Sternen
92,885 corpus weight
What this shows „state“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | state |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [steit] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „state“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around state (IPA [steit]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,114 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf den Staat bezogen: staatlich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for state, with forms such as "sstate", "staet", and "statte". 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, "ste", "Stau", "stay", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 state, spelled S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf den Staat bezogen: staatlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how state appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My children go to a state school.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sstate
- staet
- statte
- sttae
- sttate
- tsate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of state - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "state", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).