StativvsstatusWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,796
“Stativ” frequency rank
#2,518
“status” frequency rank
40314
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stativ status
Definition meist dreibeiniges Gestell zum Aufstellen von Kameras oder Messgeräten Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati

Letter map: Stativ vs status

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stativ and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Stativ
6 ch
status

Part-of-speech tell for Stativ / status

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stativ is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stativ is recorded at frequency rank #37,796, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtaˈtiːf]. 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 40314, this pair ranks #1,512,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Stativ vs status

Shared letters: ast. Private to "Stativ": iv. Private to "status": u.

"Stativ" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stativsattiv · sstativ · staitv · stativv · stattiv · statvi · sttaiv · sttativ
  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Stativ" and "status" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stativ" is a noun and "status" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Stativ" or "status" show up more?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #37,796 for "Stativ". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Stativ" and "status".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stativ" 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 #1,512,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stativ" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Satin vs Stativ". 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 #1,512,028 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