Which to use
“clams” is a noun and “Clos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,408
- “clams” frequency rank
- #44,123
- “Clos” frequency rank
- 68531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clams | Clos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of clam | A surname. |
Letter map: clams vs Clos
Shared letters muted; letters that set clams and Clos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for clams / Clos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clams is anoun and Closaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clams is recorded at frequency rank #24,408, classified as anoun, pronounced /klæmz/. Clos is at rank #44,123, tagged as aname.
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 68531, this pair ranks #58,492 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clams vs Clos
Shared letters: cls. Private to "clams": am. Private to "Clos": o.
"clams" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Clos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clams" for "Clos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clams" vs "Clos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "clams" and "Clos". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "clams" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Clos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,492 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clams" and "Clos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clos vs coms". 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 #58,492 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.