statehood
/ˈsteɪthʊd/
"statehood" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statehood” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,264
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | statehood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪthʊd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “statehood” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around statehood (IPA /ˈsteɪthʊd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,264 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for statehood, with forms such as "sattehood", "sstatehood", and "staethood". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From state + -hood. The correct English form is statehood, spelled S-T-A-T-E-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
- 2The condition of being a country.
Etymology
From state + -hood.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sattehood
- sstatehood
- staethood
- statehhood
- statehod
- statehodo
- statehoodd
- stateohod
- statheood
- stattehood
- sttaehood
- sttatehood
- tsatehood
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of statehood - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “statehood”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-E-H-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsteɪthʊd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.