statt

/[ʃtat]/ conj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#315

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

statt is aGermanconj. It means: schließt zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion ›zu‹ einen abhängigen Infinitiv an und zeigt einen Gegensatz/ eine SubstitutionSubstitutiondefiniert) -> »statt zu« Pronounced [ʃtat]. It ranks #315 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stau and stay.

Key facts for statt
PropertyValue
Headwordstatt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConj
IPA[ʃtat]
Letters5
Frequency rank#315
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of statt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for statt is 5 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtat]. Corpus data places it at rank #315 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for statt, with forms such as "sattt", "sstatt", and "stat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stau", "stay", "steht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is statt, spelled S-T-A-T-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schließt zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion ›zu‹ einen abhängigen Infinitiv an und zeigt einen Gegensatz/ eine SubstitutionSubstitutiondefiniert) -> »statt zu«
  2. 2
    leitet zusammen mit der Konjunktion (genauer: Subjunktion) ›dass‹ einen Adversativsatz/Substitutivsatz ein -> »statt dass«
  3. 3
    steht für „und nicht“, das folgende Wort steht in dem Kasus, den das verwendete Verb fordert

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sattt,sstatt,stat,sttat,sttatt,tsatt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for statt

Misspelling Variants of "statt"

sattt5sstatt6stat4sttat5sttatt6tsatt5
Misspelling Variants of "statt"

Frequency rank: #315 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "statt"?
"statt" is spelled S-T-A-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtat].
What does "statt" mean?
As a conj, "statt" means: schließt zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion ›zu‹ einen abhängigen Infinitiv an und zeigt einen Gegensatz/ eine SubstitutionSubstitutiondefiniert) -> »statt zu«
What words are commonly confused with "statt"?
"statt" is commonly confused with "Stau", "stay", "steht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "statt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statt" is [ʃtat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statt" come from?
"statt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.