claudevsminWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
9600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: claude vs min

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

6 ch
claude
3 ch
min

Role in the sentence - claude and min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. min is at rank #1,562, tagged as anabbrev, 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 9600, this pair ranks #1,979,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs min

Shared letters: none. Private to "claude": acdelu. Private to "min": imn.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claude" for "min" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "claude" vs "min" - which ranks higher?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "claude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "min" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,979,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "min" 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 #1,979,200 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