Statur
[ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Statur” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #30,786 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,786
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - äußere Erscheinung, körperliches Erscheinungsbild, Gestalt, Größe, Körperbau, Wuchs (eines Menschen)
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 | Statur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Statur” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Statur is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,786 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "äußere Erscheinung, körperliches Erscheinungsbild, Gestalt, Größe, Körperbau, Wuchs (eines Menschen)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Statur, with forms such as "sattur", "sstatur", and "statru". 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", "stur", "Staub", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Statur, spelled S-T-A-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1äußere Erscheinung, körperliches Erscheinungsbild, Gestalt, Größe, Körperbau, Wuchs (eines Menschen)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sattur,sstatur,statru,stattur,staturr,stautr,sttatur,sttaur,tsatur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Statur - 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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Using “Statur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-T-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Stau” - see the side-by-side comparison. Statur vs Stau
- 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.