statues

\sta.ty\

/\sta.ty\/ noun

The verdict

“statues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,931
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-statues · statues · French

statues · rank #8,931 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,931
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH square

Nearest frequency peer: square (-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 « statues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « statues » 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).

statues vs statut
71% similar
statues vs Status
71% similar
statues vs statuts
86% similar

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

Key facts for statues
PropertyValue
Headwordstatues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sta.ty\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,931
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « statues »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).statuesse 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 « square » (#8,930), « stone » (#8,932), « soudan » (#8,929). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « statues » est au #8,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around statues (IPA \sta.ty\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,931 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de statue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for statues, with forms such as "sattues", "sstatues", and "stateus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is statues, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de statue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tandis que la société Coup de Cœur se diversifie tous azimuts (chaussons, peignoirs) et n’hésite pas à encaleçonner les statues des Tuileries pour faire parler d’elle, Billichic se garde bien de tout faux mouvement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sattues
  • sstatues
  • stateus
  • stattues
  • statuess
  • statuse
  • stautes
  • sttatues
  • sttaues
  • tsatues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sattues2sstatues1stateus2stattues1statuess1statuse2stautes2sttatues1
Edit distance from "statues"

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 "statues"?
"statues" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.ty\.
What does "statues" mean?
As a noun, "statues" means: Pluriel de statue.
What words are commonly confused with "statues"?
"statues" 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 "statues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statues" is \sta.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statues" come from?
"statues" 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 "statues", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list