statewide
/steɪtˈwaɪd/
"statewide" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statewide” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,508
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union).
Corpus desk
Index EN-statewide · statewide · English
statewide · rank #12,508 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,508
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stacked
Nearest frequency peer: stacked (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “statewide”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- squash
squash
87,495 corpus weight
- stacked
stacked
87,494 corpus weight
- statewide
statewide
87,493 corpus weight
- stationary
stationary
87,492 corpus weight
- styled
styled
87,491 corpus weight
- subdivision
subdivision
87,490 corpus weight
What this shows “statewide” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | statewide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /steɪtˈwaɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “statewide”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around statewide (IPA /steɪtˈwaɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,508 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 statewide, with forms such as "sattewide", "sstatewide", and "staetwide". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stateside", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From state + -wide. The correct English form is statewide, spelled S-T-A-T-E-W-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union).
- 2Happening in or affecting an entire sovereign state; nationwide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how statewide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
School monies are derived from two general sources in Georgia—State taxes and local taxes. ¶ The State secures money for its school funds from two sources—a statewide general property tax, and a unit of measure tax on gasoline and kerosene.
The 1963-founded Surfing Victoria meanwhile held regional and statewide contests; today the organization schedules more than 25 statewide pro and amateur events each year.
Etymology
From state + -wide.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sattewide
- sstatewide
- staetwide
- stateiwde
- statewdie
- statewidde
- statewied
- statewwide
- stattewide
- statweide
- sttaewide
- sttatewide
- tsatewide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of statewide - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "statewide", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).