living vs statement, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#15,939
“living” frequency rank: #7,115
“statement” frequency rank: 23054
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	living	statement
Definition	Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs live	Äußerung

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set living and statement apart are highlighted. They share 1 letter in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

living

9 ch

statement

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: living is averb and statementanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

living is recorded at frequency rank #15,939, classified as averb, pronounced […]. statement is at rank #7,115, tagged as anoun, 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 23054, this pair ranks #1,866,349 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of living vs statement

Shared letters: n. Private to "living": gilv. Private to "statement": aemst.

"living" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "statement" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

living ← ilving · liivng · livign · livingg · livinng · livnig · livving · lliving
statement ← sattement · sstatement · staetment · stateemnt · statemennt · statementt · statemetn · statemment

Frequency comparison

living#15,939

statement#7,115

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "living" and "statement" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "living" is a verb and "statement" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "living" or "statement"?

"statement" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,115 in our German list, against #15,939 for "living". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering living vs statement

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “living”; for a noun, it's “statement”.
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