# statuette

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌstætjuˈɛt/ · frequency rank #46,792

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **statute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statuette-vs-statute)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sattuette`, `sstatuette`, `stateutte`, `stattuette`, `statuete`, `statuetet`, `statutete`, `stautette`, `sttatuette`, `sttauette`, `tsatuette`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/statuette