Deutsch homophones
Claus/Klaus
"Claus" is a name; "Klaus" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Claus" arrives as a name, while "Klaus" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Claus" is 5 letters, "Klaus" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Claus, Klaus: alsu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Claus
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVC
Inventory aclsu · private c
Klaus
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVC
Inventory aklsu · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Claus" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
- Write "Klaus" when you mean: meist an eine Synagoge angeschlossenes Lehrhaus oder angeschlossene Schule, in der Juden ihre Tora- und Talmudstudien betreiben können
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.