ClaasvscleanWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#42,403
“Claas” frequency rank
#15,057
“clean” frequency rank
57460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Claas clean
Definition männlicher Vorname nicht mehr von Drogen abhängig

Letter map: Claas vs clean

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

5 ch
Claas
5 ch
clean

Role in the sentence - Claas and clean

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Claas is aname and cleananadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Claas is recorded at frequency rank #42,403, classified as aname, pronounced […]. clean is at rank #15,057, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kliːn].

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 57460, this pair ranks #900,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Claas vs clean

Shared letters: acl. Private to "Claas": s. Private to "clean": en.

"Claas" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "clean" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Claascalas · cclaas · claass · clasa · cllaas · lcaas
  • cleancclean · celan · claen · cleann · clena · cllean · lcean

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Claas" and "clean" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Claas" is a name and "clean" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Claas" or "clean" show up more?
"clean" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,057 in our German list, against #42,403 for "Claas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Claas" vs "clean" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Claas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clean" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #900,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Claas" and "clean" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Claas vs puzzles". 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 #900,515 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