starrtvsStatutWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#24,135
“starrt” frequency rank
#42,844
“Statut” frequency rank
66979
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature starrt Statut
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs starren Gesamtheit der Bestimmungen, nach denen eine Institution/Organisation arbeiten soll

Where the eye mixes starrt and Statut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
starrt
6 ch
Statut

Why the eye confuses starrt with Statut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: starrt is [ʃtaʁt] while Statut is [ʃtaˈtuːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

starrt is recorded at frequency rank #24,135, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtaʁt]. Statut is at rank #42,844, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtaˈtuːt].

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 66979, this pair ranks #555,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of starrt vs Statut

Shared letters: ast. Private to "starrt": r. Private to "Statut": u.

"starrt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "Statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • starrtsatrrt · sstarrt · starrtt · startr · strart · sttarrt · tsarrt
  • Statutsattut · sstatut · stattu · stattut · statutt · sttatut · tsatut

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "starrt" and "Statut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "starrt" is a verb and "Statut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "starrt" or "Statut" show up more?
"starrt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,135 in our German list, against #42,844 for "Statut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "starrt" and "Statut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "starrt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Statut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #555,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "starrt" and "Statut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stattet vs Statut". 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 #555,280 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