claravsClarkWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: clara is a noun, Clark is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“clara” is a noun and “Clark” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,874
“clara” frequency rank
#9,696
“Clark” frequency rank
19570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clara Clark
Definition das Eiklar, das Eiweiß, die weiße (äußere) Flüssigkeit des Eis englischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: clara vs Clark

Shared letters muted; letters that set clara and Clark apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
clara
5 ch
Clark

Role in the sentence - clara and Clark

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clara is anoun and Clarkaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “clara” becomes k in “Clark”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19570, 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]. Clark is at rank #9,696, 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 19570, this pair ranks #1,906,959 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of clara vs Clark

Shared letters: aclr. Private to "clara": -. Private to "Clark": k.

"clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "Clark" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claracalra · cclara · claar · clarra · cllara · clraa · lcara
  • Clarkcalrk · cclark · clakr · clarkk · clarrk · cllark · clrak · lcark

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "clara" and "Clark" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "clara" is a noun and "Clark" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "clara" or "Clark" show up more?
"Clark" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,696 in our German list, against #9,874 for "clara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clara" and "Clark".

  • Full dictionary entry for "clara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Clark" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,906,959 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clara" and "Clark" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clark 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 #1,906,959 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