ClaasvsclairConfusable pair

Quick tell: Claas is a name, clair is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Claas” is a name and “clair” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,403
“Claas” frequency rank
#48,806
“clair” frequency rank
91209
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Claas clair
Definition männlicher Vorname hell, anschaulich, bestimmt, deutlich, klar, licht, lichtvoll

Letter map: Claas vs clair

Shared letters muted; letters that set Claas and clair apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Claas
5 ch
clair

Part-of-speech tell for Claas / clair

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Claas is aname and clairanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Claas is recorded at frequency rank #42,403, classified as aname, pronounced […]. clair is at rank #48,806, tagged as anadj, pronounced [klɛʁ].

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 91209, this pair ranks #39,901 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Claas vs clair

Shared letters: acl. Private to "Claas": s. Private to "clair": ir.

"Claas" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "clair" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Claascalas · cclaas · claass · clasa · cllaas · lcaas
  • claircalir · cclair · clairr · clari · cliar · cllair · lcair

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Claas" and "clair" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Claas" is a name and "clair" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Claas" vs "clair" - which ranks higher?
"Claas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,403 in our German list, against #48,806 for "clair". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Claas" and "clair".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Claas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clair" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,901 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Claas" and "clair" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carr vs clair". 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 #39,901 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list