statusvsstautWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“status” and “staut” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,518
“status” frequency rank
#39,044
“staut” frequency rank
41562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature status staut
Definition Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stauen

Letter map: status vs staut

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

6 ch
status
5 ch
staut

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

status and staut are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

status is recorded at frequency rank #2,518, classified as averb, pronounced […]. staut is at rank #39,044, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtaʊ̯t].

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 41562, this pair ranks #1,475,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of status vs staut

Shared letters: astu. Private to "status": -. Private to "staut": -.

"status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "staut" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus
  • stautsatut · sstaut · statu · stautt · sttaut · stuat · tsaut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "status" and "staut" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "status" or "staut"?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #39,044 for "staut". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "status" and "staut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "status" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "staut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,475,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "status" and "staut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staunte vs staut". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list