Which to use
“statues” and “statut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,931
- “statues” frequency rank
- #1,683
- “statut” frequency rank
- 10614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | statues | statut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de statue. | Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens. |
Same sound, different letters: statues vs statut
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - statues / statut
This is the hard kind. statues and statut are pronounced identically (\sta.ty\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
statues is recorded at frequency rank #8,931, classified as anoun, pronounced \sta.ty\. 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 10614, this pair ranks #412,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of statues vs statut
Shared letters: astu. Private to "statues": e. Private to "statut": -.
"statues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "statues" and "statut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "statues" vs "statut" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "statues" 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 #412,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "statues" and "statut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stalles vs statues". 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 #412,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.