Which to use
“clone” and “conn” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,518
- “clone” frequency rank
- #17,576
- “conn” frequency rank
- 29094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clone | conn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. | The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." |
Where the eye mixes clone and conn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clone and conn
A purely visual mix-up. clone (/kloʊn/) and conn (/kɑn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clone is recorded at frequency rank #11,518, classified as anoun, pronounced /kloʊn/. conn is at rank #17,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɑn/.
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 29094, this pair ranks #365,866 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clone vs conn
Shared letters: cno. Private to "clone": el. Private to "conn": -.
"clone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "conn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clone" and "conn" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "clone" or "conn"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clone" and "conn" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,866 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clone" and "conn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conn vs cuny". 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 #365,866 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.