pleasurevsstatusConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#44,852
“pleasure” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
47370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pleasure status
Definition das Vergnügen, das Wohlgefallen, das Behagen, die Freude Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: pleasure vs status

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

8 ch
pleasure
6 ch
status

Grammar separator: pleasure vs status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pleasure is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pleasure is recorded at frequency rank #44,852, 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 47370, this pair ranks #1,286,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pleasure vs status

Shared letters: asu. Private to "pleasure": elpr. Private to "status": t.

"pleasure" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pleasurelpeasure · pelasure · plaesure · pleasrue · pleassure · pleasuer · pleasurre · pleausre
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pleasure" and "status" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pleasure" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "pleasure" or "status" show up more?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #44,852 for "pleasure". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "pleasure" vs "status" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pleasure" 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 #1,286,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pleasure" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pleasure 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 #1,286,640 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