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“clon” and “coño” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,309
“clon” frequency rank
#3,169
“coño” frequency rank
18478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clon coño
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. Genitales internos y externos, es decir, vagina y vulva de la mujer.

Where the eye mixes clon and coño

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
clon
4 ch
coño

Look-alike desk: clon vs coño

A purely visual mix-up. clon ([ˈklõn]) and coño ([ˈkoɲo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18478, 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]. coño is at rank #3,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoɲo].

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 18478, this pair ranks #267,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of clon vs coño

Shared letters: co. Private to "clon": ln. Private to "coño": ñ.

"clon" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "coño" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cloncclon · cllon · clno · clonn · coln · lcon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "clon" and "coño" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈklõn] versus [ˈkoɲo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "clon" or "coño"?
"coño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,169 in our Spanish list, against #15,309 for "clon". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "clon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clon" and "coño" 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 #267,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list