statuer

\sta.ty.e\

/\sta.ty.e\/ verb

The verdict

“statuer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,475
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décider ; régler ; établir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-statuer · statuer · French

statuer · rank #21,475 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,475
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spike

Nearest frequency peer: spike (-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 « statuer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « statuer » 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).

statuer vs statut
71% similar
statuer vs Status
57% similar
statuer vs statuts
71% similar

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

Key facts for statuer
PropertyValue
Headwordstatuer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sta.ty.e\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,475
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « statuer »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « spike » (#21,474), « suivirent » (#21,476), « SPD » (#21,473). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « statuer » est au #21,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around statuer (IPA \sta.ty.e\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,475 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Décider ; régler ; établir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for statuer, with forms such as "sattuer", "sstatuer", and "stateur". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "statut", "Status", "statuts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is statuer, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Décider ; régler ; établir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est sur quoi on ne peut rien statuer parfaitement, quoiqu'on sache, en général, que la térébenthine et le soufre sont antipathiques aux insectes : cependant l'expérience contre les ravets doit faire croire avec fondement que le ricin y a la meilleure part.
  2. En lecture définitive à l’Assemblée nationale, aucun amendement nouveau n’est recevable, y compris de la part du Gouvernement. L’Assemblée nationale statue soit sur le texte établi par la commission mixte paritaire, s’il y en a un, soit sur le texte qu’elle a adopté en nouvelle lecture.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sattuer
  • sstatuer
  • stateur
  • stattuer
  • statuerr
  • stauter
  • sttatuer
  • sttauer
  • tsatuer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of statuer - 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.

sattuer2sstatuer1stateur2stattuer1statuerr1stauter2sttatuer1sttauer2
Edit distance from "statuer"

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 "statuer"?
"statuer" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.ty.e\.
What does "statuer" mean?
As a verb, "statuer" means: Décider ; régler ; établir.
What words are commonly confused with "statuer"?
"statuer" is commonly confused with "statut", "Status", "statuts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "statuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statuer" is \sta.ty.e\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statuer" come from?
"statuer" 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 "statuer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list