# Claude vs claus

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### Claude
*name · IPA \klod\ · frequency rank #1,696*
Nom de famille.

### claus
*verb · IPA [ˈklaws] · frequency rank #39,220*
Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe claure.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/claude-vs-claus