claimsvsetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“claims” and “et” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,201
“claims” frequency rank
#1,447
“et” frequency rank
46648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claims et
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs claim Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat

Letter map: claims vs et

Shared letters muted; letters that set claims and et apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
claims
2 ch
et

Corpus notes: claims and et

claims and et are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claims is recorded at frequency rank #45,201, classified as averb, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 46648, this pair ranks #1,311,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of claims vs et

Shared letters: none. Private to "claims": acilms. Private to "et": et.

"claims" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "et" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claimscalims · cclaims · claimms · claimss · claism · clamis · cliams · cllaims

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claims" for "et" ever safe?
No. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "claims" vs "et" - which ranks higher?
"et" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,447 in our German list, against #45,201 for "claims". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "claims" and "et". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "claims" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,311,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claims" and "et" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claims 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 #1,311,907 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