Which to use
“cloud” is a noun and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,927
- “cloud” frequency rank
- #520
- “ii” frequency rank
- 6447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cloud | ii |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine abgegrenzte Masse aus sichtbarem Wasserdampf, welcher in der Luft schwebt | Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is |
Letter map: cloud vs ii
Shared letters muted; letters that set cloud and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - cloud and ii
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cloud is anoun and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cloud is recorded at frequency rank #5,927, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 6447, this pair ranks #1,991,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cloud vs ii
Shared letters: none. Private to "cloud": cdlou. Private to "ii": i.
"cloud" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cloud ← ccloud · clloud · clodu · cloudd · cluod · colud · lcoud
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cloud" for "ii" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "cloud" or "ii" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cloud" and "ii".
- Full dictionary entry for "cloud" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,991,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cloud" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cloud 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 #1,991,614 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.