Which to use
“clara” is a noun and “Clare” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,874
- “clara” frequency rank
- #39,271
- “Clare” frequency rank
- 49145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clara | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Eiklar, das Eiweiß, die weiße (äußere) Flüssigkeit des Eis | ein County bzw. eine historische Grafschaft in der Provinz Ulster, Republik Irland |
Letter map: clara vs Clare
Shared letters muted; letters that set clara and Clare apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for clara / Clare
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clara is anoun and Clareaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “clara” becomes e in “Clare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clara is recorded at frequency rank #9,874, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɫaɾə]. Clare is at rank #39,271, tagged as aname, 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 49145, this pair ranks #1,222,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clara vs Clare
Shared letters: aclr. Private to "clara": -. Private to "Clare": e.
"clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clara" and "Clare" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "clara" or "Clare"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clara" and "Clare".
- Full dictionary entry for "clara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Clare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,222,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clara" and "Clare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clare 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 #1,222,458 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.