Which to use
“clears” and “cleats” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,685
- “clears” frequency rank
- #33,574
- “cleats” frequency rank
- 47259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clears | cleats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A relatively strong, coarse flour that has only been sifted once. | plural of cleat |
Letter map: clears vs cleats
Shared letters muted; letters that set clears and cleats apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: clears and cleats
clears and cleats are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - r in “clears” becomes t in “cleats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clears is recorded at frequency rank #13,685, classified as anoun. cleats is at rank #33,574, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kliːts/.
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 47259, this pair ranks #204,100 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clears vs cleats
Shared letters: acels. Private to "clears": r. Private to "cleats": t.
"clears" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "cleats" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "clears" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cleats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,100 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clears" and "cleats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cleats vs crests". 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 #204,100 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.