CCASvsclausConfusable pair

Quick tell: CCAS is a noun, claus is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“CCAS” is a noun and “claus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,777
“CCAS” frequency rank
#39,220
“claus” frequency rank
86997
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCAS claus
Definition En France, centre chargé de l’action sociale dans une commune. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.

Letter map: CCAS vs claus

Shared letters muted; letters that set CCAS and claus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. CCAS runs 4 letters (CCVC) against claus's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
CCAS
5 ch
claus

Part-of-speech tell for CCAS / claus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CCAS is anoun and clausaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCAS is recorded at frequency rank #47,777, classified as anoun. claus is at rank #39,220, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈklaws].

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 86997, this pair ranks #8,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CCAS vs claus

Shared letters: acs. Private to "CCAS": -. Private to "claus": lu.

"CCAS" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "claus" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CCAS ← cacs · ccsa
  • claus ← calus · cclaus · clasu · clauss · cllaus · cluas · lcaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "CCAS" and "claus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CCAS" is a noun and "claus" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "CCAS" vs "claus" - which ranks higher?
"claus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,220 in our French list, against #47,777 for "CCAS". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "CCAS" vs "claus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CCAS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "claus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCAS" and "claus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs CCE". 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 #8,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list