# status

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsteɪ.təs/ · frequency rank #1,439

## Definitions
1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
2. Prestige or high standing.
3. A situation or state of affairs.
4. The legal condition of a person or thing.
5. The legal condition of a person or thing.
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. Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

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

## Easily confused with
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-stays)
- **stylus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-stylus)
- **Straus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-straus)
- **staves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-staves)
- **statute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-statute)
- **stratum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-stratum)
- **statutes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/status-vs-statutes)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stat-vs-status)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-status)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stars-vs-status)
- **seats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seats-vs-status)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stats-vs-status)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/states-vs-status)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stated-vs-status)
- **stands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stands-vs-status)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stages-vs-status)
- **stairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stairs-vs-status)
- **statue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statue-vs-status)
- **static** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/static-vs-status)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-status)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sattus`, `sstatus`, `statsu`, `stattus`, `statuss`, `stauts`, `sttatus`, `sttaus`, `tsatus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/status