Which to use
“clon” and “cloud” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,309
- “clon” frequency rank
- #19,060
- “cloud” frequency rank
- 34369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clon | cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Animal, y en la ciencia ficción también ser humano, reproducido perfectamente como una copia fiel de otro individuo, a partir de una célula somática única, y del material genético contenida en ella, en lugar de la reproducción sexual que produce individuos que varían genéticamente con respecto a sus padres. | Nube. |
Where the eye mixes clon and cloud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clon vs cloud
A purely visual mix-up. clon ([ˈklõn]) and cloud (/klaʊd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clon is recorded at frequency rank #15,309, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈklõn]. cloud is at rank #19,060, tagged as anoun, pronounced /klaʊd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34369, this pair ranks #191,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clon vs cloud
Shared letters: clo. Private to "clon": n. Private to "cloud": du.
"clon" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cloud" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clon" for "cloud" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "clon" or "cloud" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clon" and "cloud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cloud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clon" and "cloud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clon vs culona". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #191,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.