états

\e.ta\

/\e.ta\/ noun

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The verdict

“états” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#563
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etats · états · French

états · rank #563 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #563
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH route

Nearest frequency peer: route (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « états »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « états » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

états vs ets
40% similar
états vs êtes
40% similar
états vs étau
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for états
PropertyValue
Headwordétats
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#563
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « états »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).étatsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « route » (#562), « derrière » (#564), « propos » (#561). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « états » est au #563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around états (IPA \e.ta\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #563 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de état.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for états, with forms such as "etats", "téats", and "éatts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ets", "êtes", "étau", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is états, spelled É-T-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how états appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je montrerai que certains concepts inventés par des économistes dès les années 1950 et par des statisticiens dans les années 1960 peuvent être remis au goût du jour pour fournir des modèles de systèmes de transition mêlant choix probabiliste et choix non déterministes (démoniaque, angélique, chaotique, … au choix), et ce même dans des espaces à états cont…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etats
  • téats
  • éatts
  • étast
  • étatss
  • étatts
  • éttas
  • éttats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of états - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etats1téats2éatts2étast2étatss1étatts1éttas2éttats1
Edit distance from "états"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "états"?
"états" is spelled É-T-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta\.
What does "états" mean?
As a noun, "états" means: Pluriel de état.
What words are commonly confused with "états"?
"états" is commonly confused with "ets", "êtes", "étau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "états"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "états" is \e.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "états" come from?
"états" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "états", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

route#562mêmes#571armée#575venir#548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

emploi8 variantsexiste8 variantsaction8 variantscroire8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list