# captain vs status

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### captain
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #7,738*
ein Schiff führen, ein Schiff befehligen

### status
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #2,518*
Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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