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# How to pronounce Claude vs GPT

Claude (Anthropic) is the French given name "KLOHD" — silent e, rhymes with "glowed." GPT (OpenAI) is always spelled out "G-P-T" — Generative Pretrained Transformer. Both are model families, not single models.

Claude /klɔːd/ — clawed
GPT /ˌdʒiː piː ˈtiː/ — G P T

## Side-by-side

| Claude | GPT
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/klɔːd/` | `/ˌdʒiː piː ˈtiː/`
Respelling | clawed | G P T
Category | product | acronym
Confidence | community-consensus | community-consensus

Open the full dictionary entry for sources and alternate readings: Claude · GPT.

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