statevssuiteWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“state” and “suite” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,318
“state” frequency rank
#10,767
“suite” frequency rank
22085
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature state suite
Definition Estado (situación). Departamento compuesto de cuartos conectados y diseñados para emplearse como una vivienda.

Where the eye mixes state and suite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
state
5 ch
suite

Visual trap between state and suite

A purely visual mix-up. state (/steɪt/) and suite ([ˈswit̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

state is recorded at frequency rank #11,318, classified as anoun, pronounced /steɪt/. suite is at rank #10,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈswit̪e].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22085, this pair ranks #252,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of state vs suite

Shared letters: est. Private to "state": a. Private to "suite": iu.

"state" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "suite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statesatte · sstate · staet · statte · sttae · sttate · tsate
  • suitesiute · ssuite · suiet · suitte · sutie · usite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "state" and "suite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/steɪt/ versus [ˈswit̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "state" or "suite" show up more?
"suite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,767 in our Spanish list, against #11,318 for "state". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "state" and "suite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "state" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "state" and "suite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sácate vs state". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #252,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list