Which to use
“klonen” is a verb and “kühnen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,034
- “klonen” frequency rank
- #38,244
- “kühnen” frequency rank
- 78278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | klonen | kühnen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ungeschlechtlich fortpflanzen, zum Beispiel indem man Stecklinge oder Senker setzt | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kühn |
Where the eye mixes klonen and kühnen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: klonen vs kühnen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: klonen is [ˈkloːnən] while kühnen is [ˈkyːnən]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
klonen is recorded at frequency rank #40,034, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkloːnən]. kühnen is at rank #38,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkyːnən].
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 78278, this pair ranks #241,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of klonen vs kühnen
Shared letters: ekn. Private to "klonen": lo. Private to "kühnen": hü.
"klonen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "kühnen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- klonen ← kklonen · kllonen · klnoen · kloenn · klonenn · klonne · klonnen · kolnen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "klonen" and "kühnen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "klonen" or "kühnen"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "klonen" and "kühnen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "klonen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kühnen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "klonen" and "kühnen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kucken vs kühnen". 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 #241,897 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.