Clos vs cloths, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Clos” is a name and “cloths” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,123
“Clos” frequency rank: #25,705
“cloths” frequency rank: 69828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Clos	cloths
Definition	A surname.	plural of cloth

Letter map: Clos vs cloths

Shared letters muted; letters that set Clos and cloths apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Clos runs 4 letters (CCVC) against cloths's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch

Clos

6 ch

cloths

Grammar separator: Clos vs cloths

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Clos is aname and clothsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Clos is recorded at frequency rank #44,123, classified as aname. cloths is at rank #25,705, tagged as anoun, pronounced /klɒθs/.

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 69828, this pair ranks #52,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Clos vs cloths

Shared letters: clos. Private to "Clos": -. Private to "cloths": ht.

"Clos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cloths" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Clos ← cclos · cllos · closs · clso · lcos
cloths ← ccloths · clloths · clohts · clothhs · clothss · clotsh · clotths · cltohs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Clos" for "cloths" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Clos" is a name and "cloths" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Clos" or "cloths"?

"cloths" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,705 in our English list, against #44,123 for "Clos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "Clos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "cloths" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #52,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Clos" and "cloths" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clos vs coms". 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 #52,958 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.