# clash vs clause

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### clash
*noun · IPA /klaʃ/ · frequency rank #7,430*
A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.

### clause
*noun · IPA /klɔːz/ · frequency rank #7,205*
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.

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