# stature

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/ · frequency rank #16,138

## Definitions
1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
2. Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
3. Statue.

## Etymology
From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

## Easily confused with
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stature-vs-status)
- **suture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stature-vs-suture)
- **statute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stature-vs-statute)
- **statutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stature-vs-statutes)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-stature)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-stature)
- **statue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statue-vs-stature)
- **satire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/satire-vs-stature)
- **Saturn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saturn-vs-stature)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-stature)
- **statues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statues-vs-stature)
- **statuary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statuary-vs-stature)

## Common misspellings (10)
`satture`, `sstature`, `statrue`, `statture`, `statuer`, `staturre`, `stautre`, `sttature`, `sttaure`, `tsature`

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