Statuette

[ʃtatuˈɛtə]

/[ʃtatuˈɛtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Statuette” is uncommon German (frequency #80,957 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,957
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Statue

Corpus desk

Index DE-statuette · Statuette · German

Statuette · rank #80,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,957
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stahls

Nearest frequency peer: Stahls (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Statuette“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Statuette“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Statuette
PropertyValue
HeadwordStatuette
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtatuˈɛtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,957
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Statuette“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Statuettefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stahls“ (#80,956), „Steigbügelhalter“ (#80,959), „Stadtrivalen“ (#80,954). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Statuette“ bei #80,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Statuette is uncommon German at frequency #80,957 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtatuˈɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine Statue".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Statuette, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Statuette, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine Statue

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Kleinplastiken (Figurinen bzw. Statuetten) sind einer der diagnostischen Marker der Donauzivilisation.“
  2. „Auf einem Regal stand eine Statuette Unserer Allergnädigsten Majestät zu Pferde.“

Synonyms

FigürchenFigurine

This word in other languages

statuette(English)statuette(Français)

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 "Statuette"?
"Statuette" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtatuˈɛtə].
What does "Statuette" mean?
As a noun, "Statuette" means: kleine Statue
How do you pronounce "Statuette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Statuette" is [ʃtatuˈɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Statuette" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stilistik#80,963strengste#80,966Surfbrett#80,976säkularer#80,986

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list