Which to use
“clawed” is an adjective and “claws” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,433
- “clawed” frequency rank
- #13,683
- “claws” frequency rank
- 48116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clawed | claws |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | having claws (of animals) | plural of claw |
Letter map: clawed vs claws
Shared letters muted; letters that set clawed and claws apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for clawed / claws
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clawed is anadjective and clawsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clawed is recorded at frequency rank #34,433, classified as anadj. claws is at rank #13,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced /klɔːz/.
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 48116, this pair ranks #196,132 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clawed vs claws
Shared letters: aclw. Private to "clawed": de. Private to "claws": s.
"clawed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "claws" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clawed" and "claws" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "clawed" or "claws"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clawed" and "claws".
- Full dictionary entry for "clawed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claws" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,132 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clawed" and "claws" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clawed vs crewed". 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 #196,132 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.