klarvsKrTell them apart

Quick tell: klar is a adjective, Kr is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“klar” is an adjective and “Kr” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#257
“klar” frequency rank
#14,848
“Kr” frequency rank
15105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature klar Kr
Definition frei von Unreinheiten oder generell Störendem Krypton

Letter map: klar vs Kr

Shared letters muted; letters that set klar and Kr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
klar
2 ch
Kr

Part-of-speech tell for klar / Kr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: klar is anadjective and Kranabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

klar is recorded at frequency rank #257, classified as anadj, pronounced [klaːɐ̯]. Kr is at rank #14,848, tagged as anabbrev.

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 15105, this pair ranks #1,946,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of klar vs Kr

Shared letters: kr. Private to "klar": al. Private to "Kr": -.

"klar" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Kr" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • klarkalr · kklar · klarr · kllar · klra · lkar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "klar" and "Kr" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "klar" is an adjective and "Kr" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "klar" vs "Kr" - which ranks higher?
"klar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #257 in our German list, against #14,848 for "Kr". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "klar" vs "Kr" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "klar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,946,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "klar" and "Kr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Koi vs Kr". 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 #1,946,353 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