claravscoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#9,874
“clara” frequency rank
#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
38468
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clara cora
Definition das Eiklar, das Eiweiß, die weiße (äußere) Flüssigkeit des Eis 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar

Letter map: clara vs cora

Shared letters muted; letters that set clara and cora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
clara
4 ch
cora

Role in the sentence - clara and cora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clara is anoun and coraaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38468, 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]. cora is at rank #28,594, 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 38468, this pair ranks #1,563,196 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of clara vs cora

Shared letters: acr. Private to "clara": l. Private to "cora": o.

"clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claracalra · cclara · claar · clarra · cllara · clraa · lcara
  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "clara" and "cora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "clara" is a noun and "cora" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "clara" or "cora"?
"clara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,874 in our German list, against #28,594 for "cora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "clara" vs "cora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "clara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,563,196 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clara" and "cora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #1,563,196 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