Which to use
“statut” and “statuts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,683
- “statut” frequency rank
- #7,118
- “statuts” frequency rank
- 8801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | statut | statuts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de lois, de règlements, coutumes, spécialement applicables, soit à des personnes, ou des groupes de personnes, soit à des biens. | Pluriel de statut. |
Same sound, different letters: statut vs statuts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - statut / statuts
This is the hard kind. statut 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 1 extra letter(s) - “statut” sits inside “statuts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
statut is recorded at frequency rank #1,683, 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 8801, this pair ranks #418,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of statut vs statuts
Shared letters: astu. Private to "statut": -. Private to "statuts": -.
"statut" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "statuts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "statut" and "statuts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "statut" vs "statuts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"statut" and "statuts" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "statut" 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 #418,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "statut" and "statuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "statuant vs statut". 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 #418,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.