estate
/ɪˈsteɪt/
"estate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“estate” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,595 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,595
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
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 | estate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈsteɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for estate is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˈsteɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,595 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estate, with forms such as "esatte", "esstate", and "estaet". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "estates", "Eustace", "estimate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. The correct English form is estate, spelled E-S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- 2state; condition.
- 3Status, rank.
- 4The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- 5A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- 6A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
- 7The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- 8An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- 9The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- 10A housing estate.
- 11Ellipsis of estate car (“station wagon”).
- 12The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- 13An organization's collective information technology resources.
Etymology
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esatte,esstate,estaet,estatte,esttae,esttate,etsate,setate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estate - 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.
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.
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Using “estate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-S-T-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈsteɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estates” - see the side-by-side comparison. estate vs estates
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.