ClosvscrowsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Clos is a name, crows is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#44,123
“Clos” frequency rank
#15,596
“crows” frequency rank
59719
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Clos crows
Definition A surname. plural of crow

Letter map: Clos vs crows

Shared letters muted; letters that set Clos and crows apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Clos
5 ch
crows

Grammar separator: Clos vs crows

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Clos is aname and crowsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Clos is recorded at frequency rank #44,123, classified as aname. crows is at rank #15,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹəʊz/.

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 59719, this pair ranks #104,482 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Clos vs crows

Shared letters: cos. Private to "Clos": l. Private to "crows": rw.

"Clos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "crows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Closcclos · cllos · closs · clso · lcos
  • crowsccrows · corws · crosw · crowss · crowws · crrows · crwos · rcows

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Clos" and "crows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Clos" is a name and "crows" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Clos" vs "crows" - which ranks higher?
"crows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,596 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

You've compared "Clos" and "crows". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Clos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,482 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Clos" and "crows" 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 #104,482 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list