klaue
\ˈklaʊ̯ə\
The verdict
“klaue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de klauen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-klaue · klaue · French
klaue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klaue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈklaʊ̯ə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « klaue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
klaue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈklaʊ̯ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for klaue, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is klaue, spelled K-L-A-U-E.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de klauen.
- 2Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de klauen.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de klauen.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de klauen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.