derivatevsstatusWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,600
“derivate” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
31118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature derivate status
Definition Derivate Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: derivate vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set derivate and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. derivate runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against status's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
derivate
6 ch
status

Part-of-speech tell for derivate / status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: derivate is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

derivate is recorded at frequency rank #28,600, 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 31118, this pair ranks #1,734,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of derivate vs status

Shared letters: at. Private to "derivate": deirv. Private to "status": su.

"derivate" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • derivatedderivate · deirvate · deriavte · derivaet · derivatte · derivtae · derivvate · derrivate
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "derivate" for "status" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "derivate" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "derivate" or "status"?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #28,600 for "derivate". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "derivate" vs "status" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "derivate" 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 #1,734,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "derivate" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "derivate 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 #1,734,443 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