collectionvsstatusWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#15,591
“collection” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
18109
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature collection status
Definition Sammlung von aufbewahrten, gezielt ausgewählten Gegenständen Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: collection vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set collection and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

10 ch
collection
6 ch
status

Role in the sentence - collection and status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: collection is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

collection is recorded at frequency rank #15,591, 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 18109, this pair ranks #1,921,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of collection vs status

Shared letters: t. Private to "collection": ceilno. Private to "status": asu.

"collection" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • collectionccollection · clolection · colection · colelction · collcetion · collecction · colleciton · collectino
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "collection" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "collection" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "collection" vs "status" - which ranks higher?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #15,591 for "collection". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "collection" 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 #1,921,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "collection" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collection 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 #1,921,326 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