status

/ˈsteɪ.təs/

//ˈsteɪ.təs// noun

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"status" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“status” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,439
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

Corpus desk

Index EN-status · status · English

status · rank #1,439 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,439
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saturday

Nearest frequency peer: Saturday (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “status”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “status” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

status vs stays
67% similar
status vs stylus
67% similar
status vs Straus
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for status
PropertyValue
Headwordstatus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsteɪ.təs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,439
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “status” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).statuslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Saturday” (#1,438), “therefore” (#1,440), “ran” (#1,437). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around status (IPA /ˈsteɪ.təs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,439 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for status, with forms such as "sattus", "sstatus", and "statsu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stays", "stylus", "Straus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. The correct English form is status, spelled S-T-A-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  2. 2
    Prestige or high standing.
  3. 3
    A situation or state of affairs.
  4. 4
    The legal condition of a person or thing.
  5. 5
    The legal condition of a person or thing.
  6. 6
    A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
  7. 7
    Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how status appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
  2. The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate.

This word in other languages

estatus(Español)état(Français)Status(Deutsch)estado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sattus
  • sstatus
  • statsu
  • stattus
  • statuss
  • stauts
  • sttatus
  • sttaus
  • tsatus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of status - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sattus2sstatus1statsu2stattus1statuss1stauts2sttatus1sttaus2
Edit distance from "status"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "status"?
"status" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsteɪ.təs/.
What does "status" mean?
As a noun, "status" means: A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
What words are commonly confused with "status"?
"status" is commonly confused with "stays", "stylus", "Straus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "status"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "status" is /ˈsteɪ.təs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "status"?
A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "status", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mission9 variantsmurder9 variantsagency9 variantsputting9 variants

What to do next

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  • "status" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "stays". View pair
  • 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,439 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list