Which to use
“clays” is a noun and “Clos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,382
- “clays” frequency rank
- #44,123
- “Clos” frequency rank
- 81505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clays | Clos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of clay | A surname. |
Letter map: clays vs Clos
Shared letters muted; letters that set clays and Clos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. clays runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against Clos's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for clays / Clos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clays is anoun and Closaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clays is recorded at frequency rank #37,382, classified as anoun, pronounced /kleɪz/. 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 81505, this pair ranks #17,538 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clays vs Clos
Shared letters: cls. Private to "clays": ay. Private to "Clos": o.
"clays" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "Clos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clays" and "Clos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clays" vs "Clos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "clays" vs "Clos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "clays" 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 #17,538 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clays" 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 #17,538 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.