Which to use
“statues” and “statuts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,931
- “statues” frequency rank
- #7,118
- “statuts” frequency rank
- 16049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | statues | statuts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de statue. | Pluriel de statut. |
Same sound, different letters: statues vs statuts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: statues vs statuts
This is the hard kind. statues and statuts 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 a single letter - e in “statues” becomes t in “statuts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16049, 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\. statuts is at rank #7,118, 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 16049, this pair ranks #389,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of statues vs statuts
Shared letters: astu. Private to "statues": e. Private to "statuts": -.
"statues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "statuts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "statues" for "statuts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "statues" vs "statuts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "statuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "statues" and "statuts" 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 #389,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.