Which to use
“clogged” is an adjective and “clothed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,064
- “clogged” frequency rank
- #20,589
- “clothed” frequency rank
- 40653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clogged | clothed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having an obstructed flow; blocked. | simple past and past participle of clothe |
Letter map: clogged vs clothed
Shared letters muted; letters that set clogged and clothed apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. clogged and clothed follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for clogged / clothed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clogged is anadjective and clothedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clogged is recorded at frequency rank #20,064, classified as anadj. clothed is at rank #20,589, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkləʊðd/.
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 40653, this pair ranks #265,567 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clogged vs clothed
Shared letters: cdelo. Private to "clogged": g. Private to "clothed": ht.
"clogged" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "clothed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clogged" and "clothed" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clogged" vs "clothed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clogged" and "clothed".
- Full dictionary entry for "clogged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clothed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,567 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clogged" and "clothed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clothed vs clutched". 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 #265,567 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.