Which to use
“Status” and “statut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,817
- “Status” frequency rank
- #1,683
- “statut” frequency rank
- 27500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Status | statut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Statut. | 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 Status and statut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Status and statut
A purely visual mix-up. Status (\ˈʃtaː.tʊs\) 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 a single letter - s in “Status” becomes t in “statut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Status is recorded at frequency rank #25,817, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈʃtaː.tʊs\. 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 27500, this pair ranks #328,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Status vs statut
Shared letters: astu. Private to "Status": -. Private to "statut": -.
"Status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Status" for "statut" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Status" or "statut"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Status" and "statut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Status" 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 #328,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Status" and "statut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Staps vs Status". 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 #328,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.