Which to use
“clone” and “con” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,481
- “clone” frequency rank
- #1,056
- “con” frequency rank
- 20537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clone | con |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des êtres vivants issus, par voie asexuée, d’un seul individu et possédant son patrimoine génétique. | Sexe de la femme. |
Where the eye mixes clone and con
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clone vs con
A purely visual mix-up. clone (\klon\) and con (\kɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clone is recorded at frequency rank #19,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \klon\. con is at rank #1,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃\.
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 20537, this pair ranks #367,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clone vs con
Shared letters: cno. Private to "clone": el. Private to "con": -.
"clone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "con" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clone ← cclone · cllone · clnoe · cloen · clonne · colne · lcone
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clone" and "con" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "clone" or "con"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clone" and "con" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clone" 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 #367,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clone" and "con" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clone vs conde". 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 #367,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.