statère
\sta.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“statère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie d’argent de la Grèce antique valant entre deux et quatre drachmes selon les régions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-statere · statère · French
statère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | statère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « statère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
statère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
statère has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is statère, spelled S-T-A-T-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Monnaie d’argent de la Grèce antique valant entre deux et quatre drachmes selon les régions.
- 2Monnaie grecque en or valant de vingt à vingt-huit drachmes.
- 3Nom donné à des monnaies d’or antiques de valeur analogue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how statère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce sont des imitations tout d'abord assez fidèles du statère de Philippe II de Macédoine, qui représentent au droit la tête d’Apollon et au revers un char tiré par deux chevaux.
Les Gaulois contrefirent les statères macédoniens.
This word in other languages
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.