Statue

[ˈʃtaːtuə]

/[ˈʃtaːtuə]/ noun

The verdict

“Statue” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,985
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk

Corpus desk

Index DE-statue · Statue · German

Statue · rank #9,985 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,985
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH staatlicher

Nearest frequency peer: staatlicher (-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 „Statue“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Statue“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Statue vs Stau
67% similar
Statue vs Staub
67% similar
Statue vs Stute
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Statue
PropertyValue
HeadwordStatue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaːtuə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,985
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Statue“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Statueliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „staatlicher“ (#9,984), „stechen“ (#9,986), „Sr“ (#9,983). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Statue“ bei #9,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Statue (IPA [ˈʃtaːtuə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,985 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Statue, with forms such as "sattue", "sstatue", and "stateu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stau", "Staub", "Stute", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Statue, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Statue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Forscher rekonstruierten die zerstörten Statuen.
  2. „Der älteste Typ einer beschrifteten Statue ist die Darstellung eines Herrschers mit einer Widmungsinschrift für die lokale Gottheit des jeweiligen Stadtstaates.“

Synonyms

StandbildBildsäule

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sattue
  • sstatue
  • stateu
  • stattue
  • staute
  • sttatue
  • sttaue
  • tsatue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Statue - 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.

sattue2sstatue1stateu2stattue1staute2sttatue1sttaue2tsatue2
Edit distance from "Statue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Statue"?
"Statue" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaːtuə].
What does "Statue" mean?
As a noun, "Statue" means: freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk
What words are commonly confused with "Statue"?
"Statue" is commonly confused with "Stau", "Staub", "Stute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Statue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Statue" is [ˈʃtaːtuə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Statue" come from?
"Statue" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Statue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list