Which to use
“Clos” is a name and “cox” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,123
- “Clos” frequency rank
- #7,783
- “cox” frequency rank
- 51906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Clos | cox |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. |
Letter map: Clos vs cox
Shared letters muted; letters that set Clos and cox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Clos / cox
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Clos is aname and coxanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Clos is recorded at frequency rank #44,123, classified as aname. cox is at rank #7,783, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɒks/.
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 51906, this pair ranks #161,491 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Clos vs cox
Shared letters: co. Private to "Clos": ls. Private to "cox": x.
"Clos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cox" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Clos ← cclos · cllos · closs · clso · lcos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Clos" for "cox" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Clos" vs "cox" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "Clos" and "cox". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Clos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,491 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Clos" and "cox" 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 #161,491 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.