Which to use
“start” and “statut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,662
- “start” frequency rank
- #1,683
- “statut” frequency rank
- 8345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | start | statut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Départ, pour les courses de sprint. | Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens. |
Where the eye mixes start and statut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between start and statut
A purely visual mix-up. start (\staʁt\) and statut (\sta.ty\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
start is recorded at frequency rank #6,662, classified as anoun, pronounced \staʁt\. statut is at rank #1,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sta.ty\.
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 8345, this pair ranks #420,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of start vs statut
Shared letters: ast. Private to "start": r. Private to "statut": u.
"start" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "start" and "statut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "start" or "statut" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "start" and "statut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "start" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "statut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "start" and "statut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sénart vs start". 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 #420,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.