Which to use
“Statue” is a noun and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,985
- “Statue” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 12503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Statue | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: Statue vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set Statue and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Statue (CCVCVV) and status (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for Statue / status
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Statue is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Statue” becomes s in “status”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Statue is recorded at frequency rank #9,985, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaːtuə]. 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 12503, this pair ranks #1,963,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Statue vs status
Shared letters: astu. Private to "Statue": e. Private to "status": -.
"Statue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Statue" for "status" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Statue" vs "status" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Statue" and "status".
- Full dictionary entry for "Statue" 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 #1,963,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Statue" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stattet vs Statue". 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 #1,963,780 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.