Which to use
“clothes” and “clutches” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,932
- “clothes” frequency rank
- #23,493
- “clutches” frequency rank
- 25425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clothes | clutches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Items of clothing; apparel. | plural of clutch |
Where the eye mixes clothes and clutches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. clothes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against clutches's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clothes vs clutches
A purely visual mix-up. clothes (/kləʊ(ð)z/) and clutches (/ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/) 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 25425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clothes is recorded at frequency rank #1,932, classified as anoun, pronounced /kləʊ(ð)z/. clutches is at rank #23,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/.
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 25425, this pair ranks #394,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clothes vs clutches
Shared letters: cehlst. Private to "clothes": o. Private to "clutches": u.
"clothes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "clutches" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clothes" and "clutches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clothes" vs "clutches" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clothes" and "clutches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clothes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clutches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clothes" and "clutches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clutches vs crunches". 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 #394,387 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.