IrishvsstatusConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#22,778
“Irish” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
25296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Irish status
Definition in Bezug zu der irischen Insel, der Republik Irland oder Nordirland stehend Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: Irish vs status

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

5 ch
Irish
6 ch
status

Grammar separator: Irish vs status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Irish is anadjective and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Irish is recorded at frequency rank #22,778, classified as anadj, 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 25296, this pair ranks #1,835,381 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Irish vs status

Shared letters: s. Private to "Irish": hir. Private to "status": atu.

"Irish" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Irishiirsh · irihs · irishh · irissh · irrish · irsih · riish
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Irish" for "status" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Irish" is an adjective and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Irish" 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 #22,778 for "Irish". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Irish" 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 #1,835,381 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Irish" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Irish 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 #1,835,381 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