# clone vs cove

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### clone
*noun · IPA /kloʊn/ · frequency rank #11,518*
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

### cove
*noun · IPA /koʊv/ · frequency rank #12,216*
A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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