statut

\sta.ty\

/\sta.ty\/ noun

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The verdict

“statut” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,683
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-statut · statut · French

statut · rank #1,683 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,683
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH statistiques

Nearest frequency peer: statistiques (-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 « statut »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « statut » 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).

statut vs statuts
86% similar
statut vs saut
67% similar
statut vs stat
67% similar

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

Key facts for statut
PropertyValue
Headwordstatut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sta.ty\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,683
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « statut »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).statutse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « statistiques » (#1,682), « sélection » (#1,684), « soin » (#1,681). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « statut » est au #1,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around statut (IPA \sta.ty\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,683 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for statut, with forms such as "sattut", "sstatut", and "stattu". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "statuts", "saut", "stat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 statut, spelled S-T-A-T-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens.
  2. 2
    État fixé par une loi, un règlement, etc.
  3. 3
    Situation d'une personne dans un groupe.
  4. 4
    Règlement écrit établissant les caractéristiques et le fonctionnement d'une personne morale de droit privé.
  5. 5
    Message émis sur un réseau social par Internet, et spécialement sur Facebook.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi pourvue d'un statut légal et de moyens financiers, la vulgarisation se développe rapidement, surtout dans la mouvance du syndicalisme.
  2. La femme marocaine continue de subir un statut défavorable qui la soumet à tutelle, dans divers domaines. Le code du statut personnel (moudawana) contient de nombreuses discriminations et sa réforme est demandée par de nombreuses femmes et associations de terrain.

This word in other languages

statute(English)estatuto(Español)Statut(Deutsch)regimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sattut
  • sstatut
  • stattu
  • stattut
  • statutt
  • stautt
  • sttatut
  • sttaut
  • tsatut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sattut2sstatut1stattu2stattut1statutt1stautt2sttatut1sttaut2
Edit distance from "statut"

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 "statut"?
"statut" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.ty\.
What does "statut" mean?
As a noun, "statut" means: Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens.
What words are commonly confused with "statut"?
"statut" is commonly confused with "statuts", "saut", "stat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "statut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statut" is \sta.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statut" come from?
"statut" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vivant#1,688Robert#1,676revoir#1,675baisse#1,693

Similar misspelling depth

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

passant9 variantscollège9 variantsouverte9 variantslogique9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list