Statue of Liberty

noun

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"statue-of-liberty" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Statue of Liberty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue.

Key facts for Statue of Liberty
PropertyValue
HeadwordStatue of Liberty
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Statue of Liberty” sits in English frequency

Statue of Liberty falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Statue of Liberty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Statue of Liberty, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Statue of Liberty, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E- -O-F- -L-I-B-E-R-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue.
  2. 2
    A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Statue of Liberty"?
"Statue of Liberty" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E- -O-F- -L-I-B-E-R-T-Y.
What does "Statue of Liberty" mean?
As a noun, "Statue of Liberty" means: A Statue of Liberty play, which involves a fake in which the quarterback assumes a pose like that of the statue.
What language does "Statue of Liberty" come from?
"Statue of Liberty" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Statue of Liberty”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-U-E- -O-F- -L-I-B-E-R-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list