# clad

> English word · Verb · IPA /klæd/ · frequency rank #13,302

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of clothe

## Etymology
From Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to conceal; to adorn”), from Old English clǣþan (past tense clǣþde, *clædde), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-, *gley- (“to adhere, cling, stick to”).

## Easily confused with
- **cod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cod)
- **CPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cpa)
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-csa)
- **coa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-coa)
- **CMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cma)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cta)
- **CPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cpd)
- **CLP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clp)
- **CLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clc)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cvd)
- **Clo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clo)
- **club** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-club)
- **cold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cold)
- **coal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-coal)
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-crap)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-coat)
- **clay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clay)
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clip)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clue)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-cord)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cald`, `cclad`, `cladd`, `clda`, `cllad`, `lcad`

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