statementsvsunitedConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#19,046
“statements” frequency rank
#6,115
“united” frequency rank
25161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature statements united
Definition Plural des Substantivs statement Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs unite

Letter map: statements vs united

Shared letters muted; letters that set statements and united apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

10 ch
statements
6 ch
united

Part-of-speech tell for statements / united

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: statements is anoun and unitedaverb. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

statements is recorded at frequency rank #19,046, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. united is at rank #6,115, 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 25161, this pair ranks #1,837,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of statements vs united

Shared letters: ent. Private to "statements": ams. Private to "united": diu.

"statements" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCC  ·  "united" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statementssattements · sstatements · staetments · stateemnts · statemennts · statemenst · statementss · statementts
  • unitednuited · uinted · unietd · unitde · unitedd · unitted · unnited · untied

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "statements" and "united" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "statements" is a noun and "united" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "statements" or "united" show up more?
"united" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,115 in our German list, against #19,046 for "statements". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "statements" and "united".

  • Full dictionary entry for "statements" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "united" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,837,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "statements" and "united" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs statements". 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 #1,837,292 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