staat
\staːt\
The verdict
“staat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État, condition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-staat · staat · French
staat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | staat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \staːt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « staat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
staat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \staːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for staat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is staat, spelled S-T-A-A-T.
Definition
- 1État, condition.
- 2État.
- 3État, relevé, liste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how staat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De staat van zijn gezondheid.
In goede staat.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.