# states

> English word · Noun · IPA /steɪts/ · frequency rank #282

## Definitions
1. plural of state

## Easily confused with
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stays)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stave)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-status)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stores)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stayed)
- **Stones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stones)
- **statue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-statue)
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-static)
- **stokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stokes)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-stator)
- **staves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-staves)
- **statues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-statues)
- **statist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-statist)
- **statutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-statutes)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-states)
- **sate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sate-vs-states)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-states)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stage-vs-states)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sales-vs-states)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sattes`, `sstates`, `staets`, `statess`, `statse`, `stattes`, `sttaes`, `sttates`, `tsates`

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