statusvstimesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,518
“status” frequency rank
#5,431
“times” frequency rank
7949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature status times
Definition Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: status vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set status and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
status
5 ch
times

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: status is averb and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

status is recorded at frequency rank #2,518, classified as averb, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 7949, this pair ranks #1,986,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of status vs times

Shared letters: st. Private to "status": au. Private to "times": eim.

"status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statussattus · sstatus · statsu · stattus · statuss · stauts · sttatus · sttaus
  • timesitmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "status" and "times" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "status" is a verb and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "status" or "times"?
"status" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,518 in our German list, against #5,431 for "times". 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 "times". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "status" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,986,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "status" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs times". 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