estado
"estado" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“estado” is uncommon English (frequency #55,417 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,417
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Corpus desk
Index EN-estado · estado · English
estado · rank #55,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,417
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ermine
Nearest frequency peer: ermine (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- episcopalian
episcopalian
44,586 corpus weight
- ermine
ermine
44,585 corpus weight
- estado
estado
44,584 corpus weight
- Eurostar
Eurostar
44,583 corpus weight
- evangelizat…
evangelization
44,582 corpus weight
- excruciatin…
excruciatingly
44,580 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estado” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estado |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estado” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
estado is uncommon English at frequency #55,417 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.".
No misspelling variants are generated for estado in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish estado (“Spanish fathom, state, status”), from Latin stātus (“standing, state, status”). Doublet of state, status, estate, and stade. The correct English form is estado, spelled E-S-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Etymology
From Spanish estado (“Spanish fathom, state, status”), from Latin stātus (“standing, state, status”). Doublet of state, status, estate, and stade.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.