settingvsstatusConfusable pair

Which to use

“setting” and “status” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,890
“setting” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
25408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature setting status
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs set Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: setting vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set setting and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
setting
6 ch
status

Spelling & dictionary notes on setting vs status

setting and status are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

setting is recorded at frequency rank #22,890, classified as averb, 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 25408, this pair ranks #1,833,781 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of setting vs status

Shared letters: st. Private to "setting": egin. Private to "status": au.

"setting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • settingestting · seting · setitng · settign · settingg · settinng · settnig · ssetting
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "setting" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "setting" 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 #22,890 for "setting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "setting" 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 #1,833,781 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "setting" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs setting". 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 #1,833,781 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