Which to use
“sports” and “status” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 10508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sports | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: sports vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set sports and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sports (CCVCCC) and status (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - sports / status
sports 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 10508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sports is recorded at frequency rank #7,990, 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 10508, this pair ranks #1,974,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sports vs status
Shared letters: st. Private to "sports": opr. Private to "status": au.
"sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sports" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sports" or "status"?
After this comparison
You've compared "sports" and "status". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" 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 #1,974,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sports" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sports". 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 #1,974,779 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.