Which to use
“clodo” and “clous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,729
- “clodo” frequency rank
- #12,129
- “clous” frequency rank
- 49858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clodo | clous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clochard. | Zone protégée par des clous dans un passage clouté. |
Where the eye mixes clodo and clous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clodo vs clous
A purely visual mix-up. clodo (\klɔ.do\) and clous (\klu\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clodo is recorded at frequency rank #37,729, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.do\. clous is at rank #12,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klu\.
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 49858, this pair ranks #167,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clodo vs clous
Shared letters: clo. Private to "clodo": d. Private to "clous": su.
"clodo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clous" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clodo" and "clous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clodo" vs "clous" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clodo" and "clous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clodo vs croco". 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 #167,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.