Which to use
“clou” is a noun and “com” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,272
- “clou” frequency rank
- #10,445
- “com” frequency rank
- 49717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clou | com |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nagel | wie |
Letter map: clou vs com
Shared letters muted; letters that set clou and com apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for clou / com
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clou is anoun and comanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clou is recorded at frequency rank #39,272, classified as anoun, pronounced [klu]. com is at rank #10,445, tagged as anadv, pronounced […].
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 49717, this pair ranks #1,200,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clou vs com
Shared letters: co. Private to "clou": lu. Private to "com": m.
"clou" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "com" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clou ← cclou · cllou · cluo · colu · lcou
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clou" for "com" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clou" vs "com" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clou" and "com".
- Full dictionary entry for "clou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "com" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,200,920 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clou" and "com" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clock vs clou". 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 #1,200,920 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.