Which to use
“clon” is a noun and “con” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,309
- “clon” frequency rank
- #16
- “con” frequency rank
- 15325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clon | con |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | En compañía de. |
Where the eye mixes clon and con
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clon and con
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: clon is [ˈklõn] while con is [kõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15325, 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]. con is at rank #16, tagged as aprep, pronounced [kõn].
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 15325, this pair ranks #280,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clon vs con
Shared letters: cno. Private to "clon": l. Private to "con": -.
"clon" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "con" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clon ← cclon · cllon · clno · clonn · coln · lcon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clon" for "con" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "clon" or "con" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clon" and "con" 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 "con" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clon" and "con" 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 #280,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.