claudevsofficeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#5,205
“office” frequency rank
13243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claude office
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clauder (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro

Letter map: claude vs office

Shared letters muted; letters that set claude and office apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. claude (CCVVCV) and office (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
claude
6 ch
office

Part-of-speech tell for claude / office

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and officeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, pronounced […]. office is at rank #5,205, 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 13243, this pair ranks #1,959,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs office

Shared letters: ce. Private to "claude": adlu. Private to "office": fio.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claude ← calude · cclaude · cladue · claudde · claued · cllaude · cluade · lcaude
  • office ← fofice · offcie · officce · offiec · ofice · ofifce

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "claude" and "office" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "office" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "claude" vs "office" - which ranks higher?
"office" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,205 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 "office" 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 "office" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,959,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "office" 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 #1,959,191 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