Which to use
“Clare” is a name and “clause” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,527
- “Clare” frequency rank
- #7,164
- “clause” frequency rank
- 37691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Clare | clause |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bourgade située dans le district de St Edmundsbury, dans le Suffolk, en Angleterre. | Disposition particulière faisant partie d’un traité, d’un contrat, d’un arrêté, d’une loi ou de tout autre acte public ou particulier, etc. |
Letter map: Clare vs clause
Shared letters muted; letters that set Clare and clause apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Clare / clause
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Clare is aname and clauseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Clare is recorded at frequency rank #30,527, classified as aname. clause is at rank #7,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kloz\.
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 37691, this pair ranks #260,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Clare vs clause
Shared letters: acel. Private to "Clare": r. Private to "clause": su.
"Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clause" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Clare" for "clause" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Clare" or "clause" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "Clare" vs "clause" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Clare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clause" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Clare" and "clause" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clare vs clavel". 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 #260,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.