Which to use
“clem” is a verb and “Clo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,597
- “clem” frequency rank
- #48,144
- “Clo” frequency rank
- 77741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clem | Clo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To be hungry; starve. | Abbreviation of close (in street addresses). |
Letter map: clem vs Clo
Shared letters muted; letters that set clem and Clo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for clem / Clo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clem is averb and Cloanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clem is recorded at frequency rank #29,597, classified as averb, pronounced /klɛm/. Clo is at rank #48,144, tagged as anoun.
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 77741, this pair ranks #26,401 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clem vs Clo
Shared letters: cl. Private to "clem": em. Private to "Clo": o.
"clem" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Clo" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clem ← cclem · celm · clemm · cllem · clme · lcem
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clem" and "Clo" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "clem" or "Clo"?
After this comparison
You've compared "clem" and "Clo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "clem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Clo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,401 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clem" and "Clo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CGT vs Clo". 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 #26,401 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.