stateful
adjective
stateful is spelled S-T-A-T-E-F-U-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stateful means “That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stateful?
| Letters | 8: S-T-A-T-E-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stateful?
Stateful appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
What rhymes with stateful?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as stateful.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tasteful.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does stateful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
- 2
obsoleteFull of state; stately.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stateful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computer: that supports different states:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zustandsorientiert |
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 stateful come from?
From state + -ful. In the computing sense it is intended as an opposite for stateless.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).