Which to use
“silent” is an adjective and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,311
- “silent” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 27829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | silent | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | keine Geräusche, Töne oder Laute sind hörbar | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: silent vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set silent and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - silent and status
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: silent is anadjective and statusaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
silent is recorded at frequency rank #25,311, classified as anadj, 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 27829, this pair ranks #1,795,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of silent vs status
Shared letters: st. Private to "silent": eiln. Private to "status": au.
"silent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "silent" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "silent" or "status" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "silent" and "status". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "silent" 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 #1,795,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "silent" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs silent". 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 #1,795,163 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.