microstate
/ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌsteɪt/noun
microstate is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-T-A-T-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microstate means “A country that has a very small population and land area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microstate is microstates.
How many letters and syllables are in microstate?
| Letters | 10: M-I-C-R-O-S-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microstate?
Microstate appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce microstate?
- /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌsteɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-microstate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microstate
- microstates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microstate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A country that has a very small population and land area.
- 2
The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microstate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a very small country:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Zwergstaat |
| Spanish | microestado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does microstate come from?
From micro- + state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).