statuette
/ˌstætjuˈɛt/noun
statuette is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-T-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, statuette means “A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of statuette is statuettes.
How many letters and syllables are in statuette?
| Letters | 9: S-T-A-T-U-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is statuette?
Statuette appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 statuette?
- /ˌstætjuˈɛt/
- /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
Statuette has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-statuette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of statuette
- statuettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does statuette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Statuette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a small statue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | statuette |
| German | Statuette |
| Portuguese | estatueta |
| Spanish | estatuilla |
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 statuette come from?
Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).