# stately

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsteɪtli/ · frequency rank #24,600

## Definitions
1. Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
2. Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
3. Grand; impressive; imposing.

## Etymology
From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stately-vs-states)
- **steely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stately-vs-steely)
- **strategy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stately-vs-strategy)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-stately)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stated-vs-stately)
- **safely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/safely-vs-stately)
- **Stacey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stately)
- **shapely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shapely-vs-stately)
- **starkly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starkly-vs-stately)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sattely`, `sstately`, `staetly`, `statelly`, `statelyy`, `stateyl`, `statley`, `stattely`, `sttaely`, `sttately`, `tsately`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stately