geisvsstatusWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#45,964
“geis” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
48482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geis status
Definition Inessiv Singular des Substantivs gei „Homosexueller“ Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: geis vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set geis and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. geis runs 4 letters (CVVC) against status's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
geis
6 ch
status

Role in the sentence - geis and status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: geis is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geis is recorded at frequency rank #45,964, 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 48482, this pair ranks #1,246,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of geis vs status

Shared letters: s. Private to "geis": egi. Private to "status": atu.

"geis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geisegis · geiss · gesi · ggeis · gies
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "geis" for "status" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geis" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "geis" or "status"?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #45,964 for "geis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "geis" 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 #1,246,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geis" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geis 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 #1,246,997 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