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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Claas" and "clair" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Claas" vs "clair" - which ranks higher?
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.