Which to use
“Clare” is a name and “claus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,527
- “Clare” frequency rank
- #39,220
- “claus” frequency rank
- 69747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Clare | claus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bourgade située dans le district de St Edmundsbury, dans le Suffolk, en Angleterre. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure. |
Letter map: Clare vs claus
Shared letters muted; letters that set Clare and claus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Clare (CCVCV) and claus (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for Clare / claus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Clare is aname and clausaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Clare is recorded at frequency rank #30,527, classified as aname. 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 69747, this pair ranks #53,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Clare vs claus
Shared letters: acl. Private to "Clare": er. Private to "claus": su.
"Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "claus" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Clare" and "claus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Clare" vs "claus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "Clare" and "claus". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Clare" 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 #53,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Clare" and "claus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casus vs claus". 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 #53,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.