ordersvsstatementTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,941
“orders” frequency rank
#7,115
“statement” frequency rank
57056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature orders statement
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order Äußerung

Letter map: orders vs statement

Shared letters muted; letters that set orders and statement apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
orders
9 ch
statement

Role in the sentence - orders and statement

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: orders is averb and statementanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

orders is recorded at frequency rank #49,941, 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 57056, this pair ranks #916,271 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of orders vs statement

Shared letters: es. Private to "orders": dor. Private to "statement": amnt.

"orders" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "statement" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ordersodrers · ordders · orderrs · orderss · ordesr · ordres · oredrs · orrders
  • statementsattement · sstatement · staetment · stateemnt · statemennt · statementt · statemetn · statemment

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "orders" and "statement" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "orders" is a verb and "statement" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "orders" or "statement" show up more?
"statement" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,115 in our German list, against #49,941 for "orders". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "orders" vs "statement" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "orders" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "statement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #916,271 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "orders" and "statement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orders 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 #916,271 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