# clem vs cram

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### clem
*verb · IPA /klɛm/ · frequency rank #29,597*
To be hungry; starve.

### cram
*verb · IPA /kɹæm/ · frequency rank #24,128*
To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clem-vs-cram