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.
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
- statements ← sattements · sstatements · staetments · stateemnts · statemennts · statemenst · statementss · statementts
- united ← nuited · uinted · unietd · unitde · unitedd · unitted · unnited · untied
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "statements" and "united" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "statements" or "united" show up more?
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.