# clone

> English word · Noun · IPA /kloʊn/ · frequency rank #11,518

## Definitions
1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
4. A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
5. A Castro clone.

## Etymology
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

## Easily confused with
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-con)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-coe)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-come)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-code)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-core)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-clue)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cole)
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-coke)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cope)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cone)
- **cons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cons)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cove)
- **conn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-conn)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cont)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cong)
- **clot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-clot)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-coon)
- **cmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cmon)
- **conf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-conf)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cote)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cclone`, `cllone`, `clnoe`, `cloen`, `clonne`, `colne`, `lcone`

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