statehood

Name: statehood, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈsteɪthʊd/

//ˈsteɪthʊd// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

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: 6,566
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.

Corpus desk

Index EN-statehood · statehood · English

statehood · rank #26,264 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #26,264
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH STI

Nearest frequency peer: STI (+2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

sparking

73,742
specter

73,741
statehood

73,737
STI

73,735
storyteller

73,734
strewn

73,733

What this shows “statehood” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for statehood
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)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “statehood”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).statehoodlands here:

#26,264

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “STI” (#26,266), “storyteller” (#26,267), “specter” (#26,260). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “statehood” is #26,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around statehood (IPA /ˈsteɪthʊd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,264 among 6,566 “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

1
The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
2
The condition of being a country.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how statehood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.
Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies…

Etymology

From state + -hood.

This word in other languages

Staatlichkeit(Deutsch)

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.

Edit distance from "statehood"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "statehood"?

"statehood" is spelled S-T-A-T-E-H-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsteɪthʊd/.

What does "statehood" mean?

As a noun, "statehood" means: The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.

What are common misspellings of "statehood"?

Common misspellings include "sattehood", "sstatehood", "staethood", "statehhood", "statehod". The correct spelling is "statehood".

How do you pronounce "statehood"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statehood" is /ˈsteɪthʊd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "statehood"?

From state + -hood. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "statehood", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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