# clever vs cleveren

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### clever
*adjective · IPA [ˈklɛvɐ] · frequency rank #10,061*
schlau, gewitzt

### cleveren
*adjective · IPA [ˈklɛvəʁən] · frequency rank #48,044*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/clever-vs-cleveren