claudevsiiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: claude is a verb, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“claude” is a verb and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
8558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claude ii
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clauder (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: claude vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set claude and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
claude
2 ch
ii

Role in the sentence - claude and ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 8558, this pair ranks #1,983,810 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "claude": acdelu. Private to "ii": i.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claudecalude · cclaude · cladue · claudde · claued · cllaude · cluade · lcaude

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claude" for "ii" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "claude" or "ii"?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #8,038 for "claude". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "claude" and "ii". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "claude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,983,810 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claude 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 #1,983,810 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