# serious vs status

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### serious
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #40,840*
ernst

### status
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #2,518*
Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/serious-vs-status