Which to use
“sounds” and “status” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,674
- “sounds” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 17192
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sounds | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sound | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: sounds vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set sounds and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: sounds and status
sounds 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 share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sounds is recorded at frequency rank #14,674, 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 17192, this pair ranks #1,929,572 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sounds vs status
Shared letters: su. Private to "sounds": dno. Private to "status": at.
"sounds" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sounds" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "sounds" or "status" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "sounds" vs "status" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sounds" 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 #1,929,572 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sounds" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sounds". 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 #1,929,572 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.