bondvsstatusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bond is a noun, status is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bond” is a noun and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,995
“bond” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
11513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bond status
Definition im Rechtswesen ein Beweis in Form einer Urkunde mit Vereinbarungen für eine langfristige Schuld, durch die der Aussteller (Darlehensnehmer) bei Fälligkeit zur Zahlung von Zinsen und zur Rückzahlung des Darlehens verpflichtet ist Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: bond vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set bond and status apart highlighted. No shared letter run. bond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against status's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
bond
6 ch
status

Grammar separator: bond vs status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bond is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bond is recorded at frequency rank #8,995, classified as anoun, 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 11513, this pair ranks #1,969,499 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bond vs status

Shared letters: none. Private to "bond": bdno. Private to "status": astu.

"bond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bondbbond · bnod · bodn · bondd · bonnd · obnd
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bond" for "status" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bond" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bond" or "status" show up more?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #8,995 for "bond". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bond" and "status".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bond" 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 #1,969,499 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bond" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bond 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 #1,969,499 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list