statesmanlike
"statesmanlike" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statesmanlike” is uncommon English (frequency #99,897 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,897
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
Corpus desk
Index EN-statesmanlike · statesmanlike · English
statesmanlike · rank #99,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,897
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Steadicam
Nearest frequency peer: Steadicam (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “statesmanlike”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- spiker
spiker
111 corpus weight
- spined
spined
110 corpus weight
- splunk
splunk
109 corpus weight
- statesmanli…
statesmanlike
104 corpus weight
- Steadicam
Steadicam
103 corpus weight
- straggler
straggler
98 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “statesmanlike” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | statesmanlike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #99,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “statesmanlike” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
statesmanlike is uncommon English at frequency #99,897 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.".
Zero misspellings are on record for statesmanlike in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From statesman + -like. The correct English form is statesmanlike, spelled S-T-A-T-E-S-M-A-N-L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how statesmanlike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What we should look for from a Secretary of State for Transport is a statesmanlike position above the fray, calmly laying out the big issues, the preferred outcome, and restating in a credible and persuasive way a determination to see it through.
Etymology
From statesman + -like.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.