claudevsligaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#1,607
“liga” frequency rank
9645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claude liga
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clauder (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Krankheit

Letter map: claude vs liga

Shared letters muted; letters that set claude and liga apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
claude
4 ch
liga

Part-of-speech tell for claude / liga

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and ligaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. liga is at rank #1,607, tagged as anoun, 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 9645, this pair ranks #1,978,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs liga

Shared letters: al. Private to "claude": cdeu. Private to "liga": gi.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "liga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claudecalude · cclaude · cladue · claudde · claued · cllaude · cluade · lcaude
  • ligailga · lgia · liag · ligga · lliga

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "claude" and "liga" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "liga" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "claude" or "liga" show up more?
"liga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,607 in our German list, against #8,038 for "claude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "claude" vs "liga" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "claude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "liga" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,978,982 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "liga" 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 #1,978,982 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