claus

[ˈklaws]

/[ˈklaws]/ verb

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The verdict

“claus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,220
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-claus · claus · French

claus · rank #39,220 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,220
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH classant

Nearest frequency peer: classant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « claus »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « claus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

claus vs club
60% similar
claus vs clés
60% similar
claus vs clos
60% similar

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

Key facts for claus
PropertyValue
Headwordclaus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈklaws]
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,220
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « claus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clausse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « classant » (#39,219), « Clèves » (#39,221), « Coen » (#39,222). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « claus » est au #39,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around claus (IPA [ˈklaws]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,220 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for claus, with forms such as "calus", "cclaus", and "clasu". 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, "club", "clés", "clos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is claus, spelled C-L-A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L'an claus per dètz ans.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calus
  • cclaus
  • clasu
  • clauss
  • cllaus
  • cluas
  • lcaus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of claus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

calus2cclaus1clasu2clauss1cllaus1cluas2lcaus2
Edit distance from "claus"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "claus"?
"claus" is spelled C-L-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklaws].
What does "claus" mean?
As a verb, "claus" means: Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.
What words are commonly confused with "claus"?
"claus" is commonly confused with "club", "clés", "clos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "claus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "claus" is [ˈklaws]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "claus" come from?
"claus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

compo#39,228caduc#39,197boyau#39,189bouin#39,185

Similar misspelling depth

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

buzzer7 variantsbinet7 variantsdonat7 variantsberce7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list