# cloves vs Cones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cloves
*noun · IPA /kləʊvz/ · frequency rank #26,373*
plural of clove

### Cones
*name · frequency rank #17,329*
A surname from German.

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