# clouds vs cloudy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### clouds
*noun · IPA /klaʊdz/ · frequency rank #5,485*
plural of cloud

### cloudy
*adjective · IPA /ˈklaʊdi/ · frequency rank #13,885*
Covered with or characterised by clouds.

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