Which to use
“changes” is a noun and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,024
- “changes” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 40542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | changes | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs change | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: changes vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set changes and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - changes and status
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: changes is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
changes is recorded at frequency rank #38,024, 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 40542, this pair ranks #1,505,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of changes vs status
Shared letters: as. Private to "changes": ceghn. Private to "status": tu.
"changes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "changes" for "status" ever safe?
Frequency check: "changes" vs "status" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "changes" and "status". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "changes" 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 #1,505,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "changes" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "changes 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 #1,505,450 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.