Which to use
“Clan” and “club” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,695
- “Clan” frequency rank
- #1,284
- “club” frequency rank
- 10979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Clan | club |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (schottischer/irischer) Stammes-/Volksverband | schwerer Knüppel mit unterschiedlich dicken Enden |
Where the eye mixes Clan and club
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Clan and club follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Clan and club
A purely visual mix-up. Clan ([klaːn]) and club ([klʌb]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Clan is recorded at frequency rank #9,695, classified as anoun, pronounced [klaːn]. club is at rank #1,284, tagged as anoun, pronounced [klʌb].
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 10979, this pair ranks #1,972,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Clan vs club
Shared letters: cl. Private to "Clan": an. Private to "club": bu.
"Clan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "club" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Clan" and "club" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Clan" or "club" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Clan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "club" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,972,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Clan" and "club" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clair vs Clan". 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 #1,972,311 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.