solutionsvsstatusConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,130
“solutions” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
26648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature solutions status
Definition Plural des Substantivs solution Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: solutions vs status

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

9 ch
solutions
6 ch
status

Part-of-speech tell for solutions / status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: solutions is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

solutions is recorded at frequency rank #24,130, 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 26648, this pair ranks #1,814,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of solutions vs status

Shared letters: stu. Private to "solutions": ilno. Private to "status": a.

"solutions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • solutionsoslutions · sloutions · sollutions · soltuions · soluitons · solutinos · solutionns · solutionss
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "solutions" and "status" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "solutions" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "solutions" 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 #24,130 for "solutions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "solutions" 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 #1,814,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "solutions" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs solutions". 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 #1,814,719 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