klagtevsKlasseWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#18,599
“klagte” frequency rank
#600
“Klasse” frequency rank
19199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature klagte Klasse
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs klagen Gruppe gleichartiger Elemente

Where the eye mixes klagte and Klasse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. klagte and Klasse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
klagte
6 ch
Klasse

Look-alike desk: klagte vs Klasse

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: klagte is [ˈklaːktə] while Klasse is [ˈklasə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

klagte is recorded at frequency rank #18,599, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈklaːktə]. Klasse is at rank #600, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈklasə].

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 19199, this pair ranks #1,910,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of klagte vs Klasse

Shared letters: aekl. Private to "klagte": gt. Private to "Klasse": s.

"klagte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Klasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • klagte ← kalgte · kklagte · klaget · klaggte · klagtte · klatge · klgate · kllagte
  • Klasse ← kalsse · kklasse · klase · klases · klaße · kllasse · klsase · lkasse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "klagte" and "Klasse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "klagte" is a verb and "Klasse" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "klagte" vs "Klasse" - which ranks higher?
"Klasse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #600 in our German list, against #18,599 for "klagte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "klagte" and "Klasse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "klagte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Klasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,910,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "klagte" and "Klasse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "klagte vs klärte". 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 #1,910,822 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