# cease vs Clare

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cease
*verb · IPA /sis/ · frequency rank #6,769*
To stop.

### Clare
*name · IPA /klɛə/ · frequency rank #12,020*
A county of Ireland.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cease-vs-clare