claudevsnotenTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#5,014
“noten” frequency rank
13052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claude noten
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clauder (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Nominativ Singular bestimmte Form des Substantivs not

Letter map: claude vs noten

Shared letters muted; letters that set claude and noten apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. claude runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against noten's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
claude
5 ch
noten

Part-of-speech tell for claude / noten

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and notenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. noten is at rank #5,014, 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 13052, this pair ranks #1,960,414 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs noten

Shared letters: e. Private to "claude": acdlu. Private to "noten": not.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "noten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claude ← calude · cclaude · cladue · claudde · claued · cllaude · cluade · lcaude
  • noten ← nnoten · noetn · notenn · notne · notten · ntoen · onten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claude" for "noten" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "noten" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "claude" vs "noten" - which ranks higher?
"noten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,014 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 "noten". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "claude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,960,414 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "noten" 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 #1,960,414 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