startetvsStatutTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,616
“startet” frequency rank
#42,844
“Statut” frequency rank
45460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature startet Statut
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs starten Gesamtheit der Bestimmungen, nach denen eine Institution/Organisation arbeiten soll

Where the eye mixes startet and Statut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
startet
6 ch
Statut

Why the eye confuses startet with Statut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: startet is [ˈʃtaʁtət] while Statut is [ʃtaˈtuːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

startet is recorded at frequency rank #2,616, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtaʁtət]. 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 45460, this pair ranks #1,352,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of startet vs Statut

Shared letters: ast. Private to "startet": er. Private to "Statut": u.

"startet" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • startetsatrtet · sstartet · starett · starrtet · startett · startte · starttet · statret
  • Statutsattut · sstatut · stattu · stattut · statutt · sttatut · tsatut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "startet" and "Statut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "startet" is a verb and "Statut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "startet" or "Statut" show up more?
"startet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,616 in our German list, against #42,844 for "Statut". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "startet" 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 #1,352,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "startet" 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 #1,352,257 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