flyingvsstatusConfusable pair

Which to use

“flying” and “status” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,936
“flying” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
26454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flying status
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs fly Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: flying vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set flying and status apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
flying
6 ch
status

Spelling & dictionary notes on flying vs status

flying and status are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flying is recorded at frequency rank #23,936, classified as averb, 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 26454, this pair ranks #1,817,844 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of flying vs status

Shared letters: none. Private to "flying": fgilny. Private to "status": astu.

"flying" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flyingfflying · fliyng · fllying · flyign · flyingg · flyinng · flynig · flyying
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "flying" and "status" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "flying" 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 #23,936 for "flying". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "flying" and "status". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "flying" 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 #1,817,844 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flying" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flying 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 #1,817,844 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