claudevsofWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#324
“of” frequency rank
8362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: claude vs of

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

6 ch
claude
2 ch
of

Grammar separator: claude vs of

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 8362, this pair ranks #1,984,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs of

Shared letters: none. Private to "claude": acdelu. Private to "of": fo.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "of" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claude" for "of" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "of" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "claude" or "of" show up more?
"of" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #324 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

Pair "claude" vs "of" 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 "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,984,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "of" 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 #1,984,586 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