member state
"member-state" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“member state” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | member state |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “member state” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
member state is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.".
Zero misspellings are on record for member state in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is member state, spelled M-E-M-B-E-R- -S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “member state”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-E-M-B-E-R- -S-T-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.