statue
/ˈstæt͡ʃu/noun, verb
statue is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, statue means “A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of statue is statues.
How many letters and syllables are in statue?
| Letters | 6: S-T-A-T-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is statue?
Statue appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce statue?
- /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/
- /ˈstæt.juː/
- US /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
Statue has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-statue.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with statue?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as statue (/ætʃu/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: astute.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of statue
- statues plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- statuing participle, present
- statued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does statue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
- 2
datedA portrait.
verb
- 1
To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Statue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense three-dimensional work of art:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does statue come from?
From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).