imagesvsstatusConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,328
“images” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
16846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature images status
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs image Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: images vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set images and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
images
6 ch
status

Spelling & dictionary notes on images vs status

images 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

images is recorded at frequency rank #14,328, 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 16846, this pair ranks #1,932,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of images vs status

Shared letters: as. Private to "images": egim. Private to "status": tu.

"images" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imagesiamges · imaegs · imagess · imagges · imagse · imgaes · immages · miages
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "images" for "status" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "images" 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 #14,328 for "images". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "images" 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 #1,932,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "images" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "images 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 #1,932,527 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