# Klaas vs Knaus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Klaas
*name · IPA [klaːs] · frequency rank #20,641*
männlicher Vorname

### Knaus
*name · IPA [ˈknaʊ̯s] · frequency rank #46,778*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

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