stature
/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
"stature" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stature” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,138
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stature · stature · English
stature · rank #16,138 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,138
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH statistic
Nearest frequency peer: statistic (-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 “stature”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- specialised
specialised
83,866 corpus weight
- stalker
stalker
83,865 corpus weight
- statistic
statistic
83,864 corpus weight
- stature
stature
83,863 corpus weight
- steward
steward
83,862 corpus weight
- stout
stout
83,861 corpus weight
What this shows “stature” 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 | stature |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stature”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around stature (IPA /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,138 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for stature, with forms such as "satture", "sstature", and "statrue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "status", "suture", "statute", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra. The correct English form is stature, spelled S-T-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
- 2Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
- 3Statue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.
The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
Etymology
From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satture
- sstature
- statrue
- statture
- statuer
- staturre
- stautre
- sttature
- sttaure
- tsature
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stature - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "stature", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).