statusvstermineTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,518
“status” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
6987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature status termine
Definition Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati der Termin

Letter map: status vs termine

Shared letters muted; letters that set status and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
status
7 ch
termine

Grammar separator: status vs termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: status is averb and termineanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

status is recorded at frequency rank #2,518, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, tagged as anoun, 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 6987, this pair ranks #1,989,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of status vs termine

Shared letters: t. Private to "status": asu. Private to "termine": eimnr.

"status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "status" and "termine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "status" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "status" vs "termine" - which ranks higher?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #4,469 for "termine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "status" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,989,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "status" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs termine". 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 #1,989,785 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