Which to use
“always” is an adverb and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,797
- “always” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 21315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | always | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | immer | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: always vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set always and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for always / status
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: always is anadverb and statusaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
always is recorded at frequency rank #18,797, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. status is at rank #2,518, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21315, this pair ranks #1,887,717 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of always vs status
Shared letters: as. Private to "always": lwy. Private to "status": tu.
"always" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "always" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "always" or "status" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "always" and "status".
- Full dictionary entry for "always" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "status" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,887,717 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "always" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "always vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,887,717 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.