stature

\sta.tyʁ\

/\sta.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“stature” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,423
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauteur du corps d’une personne ou d’un animal (dressé sur ses pattes postérieures).

Corpus desk

Index FR-stature · stature · French

stature · rank #22,423 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,423
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stat

Nearest frequency peer: stat (-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 « stature »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stature » 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).

stature vs statut
71% similar
stature vs suture
71% similar
stature vs Status
57% similar

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

Key facts for stature
PropertyValue
Headwordstature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sta.tyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,423
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stature »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.staturese 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 « stat » (#22,422), « stay » (#22,424), « spaghetti » (#22,421). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stature » est au #22,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around stature (IPA \sta.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,423 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stature, with forms such as "satture", "sstature", and "statrue". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "statut", "suture", "Status", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stature, spelled S-T-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauteur du corps d’une personne ou d’un animal (dressé sur ses pattes postérieures).
  2. 2
    Capacité à se tenir droit, debout.
  3. 3
    Dimension et élévation morale d’une personne, d’un groupe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bakounine était d’une colossale stature, encore que son embonpoint fût évidemment dû à sa maladie.
  2. La haute stature de ces hommes, leurs épaules arrondies, leur démarche lourde, leurs énormes favoris, les longues redingotes qui les couvraient, tout attirait l’attention de Julien.

Synonyms

taillecarrureenvergure

This word in other languages

stature(English)estatura(Español)Statur(Deutsch)estatura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satture
  • sstature
  • statrue
  • statture
  • staturre
  • stautre
  • sttature
  • sttaure
  • tsature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

satture2sstature1statrue2statture1staturre1stautre2sttature1sttaure2
Edit distance from "stature"

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 "stature"?
"stature" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.tyʁ\.
What does "stature" mean?
As a noun, "stature" means: Hauteur du corps d’une personne ou d’un animal (dressé sur ses pattes postérieures).
What words are commonly confused with "stature"?
"stature" is commonly confused with "statut", "suture", "Status". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stature" is \sta.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stature" come from?
"stature" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stature", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

survol9 variantssapins9 variantsréféré9 variantsredonné9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list