# clouds vs clout

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### clout
*noun · IPA /klaʊt/ · frequency rank #21,471*
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clouds-vs-clout