statu quo
\sta.ty kwo\
The verdict
“statu quo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’immobilisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-statu-quo · statu quo · French
statu quo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | statu quo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sta.ty kwo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
statu quo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.ty kwo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
statu quo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is statu quo, spelled S-T-A-T-U- -Q-U-O.
Definition
- 1État d’immobilisme.
- 2État où les choses étaient précédemment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how statu quo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, au contraire, il s'aperçut vite que le système en vigueur avait pour but le maintien du statu quo.
« Si vous n’avez rien de mieux à faire, dans trois mois à Paris ou à Londres, donnez-moi un petit coup de téléphone… J’aurai alors décidé si vraiment nous divorçons ou si nous prolongeons le statu quo d’une autre année. »
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.