cloud

Name: cloud, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cloud” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,927
frequency rank, German: 1,273
“C” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine abgegrenzte Masse aus sichtbarem Wasserdampf, welcher in der Luft schwebt

Corpus desk

Index DE-cloud · cloud · German

cloud · rank #5,927 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,927
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,273
PHOTO-FINISH circa

Nearest frequency peer: circa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Christentum

94,077
Christi

94,076
circa

94,075
cloud

94,074
Cola

94,073
costa

94,072

What this shows „cloud“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cloud vs cod

60% similar

cloud vs club

60% similar

cloud vs coup

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cloud
Property	Value
Headword	cloud
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#5,927
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cloud“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).cloudliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#5,927

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „circa“ (#5,926), „Cola“ (#5,928), „Christi“ (#5,925). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cloud“ bei #5,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cloud (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,927 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cloud, with forms such as "ccloud", "clloud", and "clodu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cod", "club", "coup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is cloud, spelled C-L-O-U-D.

Definition

1
eine abgegrenzte Masse aus sichtbarem Wasserdampf, welcher in der Luft schwebt
2
ein Masse (große Menge) von Rauch, Staub, Sand die in der Luft schwebt
3
eine große Anzahl von Insekten, die zusammen durch die Luft fliegen
4
optischer Fehler innerhalb einer durchsichtigen Masse
5
etwas, das ein Grund ist für Unglücklichsein oder auch Ungewissheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cloud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Black clouds appeared from the west.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccloud
clloud
clodu
cloudd
cluod
colud
lcoud

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cloud - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "cloud"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cloud"?

"cloud" is spelled C-L-O-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "cloud" mean?

As a noun, "cloud" means: eine abgegrenzte Masse aus sichtbarem Wasserdampf, welcher in der Luft schwebt

What words are commonly confused with "cloud"?

"cloud" is commonly confused with "cod", "club", "coup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cloud"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cloud" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cloud" come from?

"cloud" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cloud", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

circa#5,926 costa#5,929 Duell#5,933 blöde#5,919

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Athen7 variants Flotte7 variants ginge7 variants Güter7 variants