Which to use
“clone” and “core” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,481
- “clone” frequency rank
- #16,102
- “core” frequency rank
- 35583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clone | core |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des êtres vivants issus, par voie asexuée, d’un seul individu et possédant son patrimoine génétique. | Centre, noyau. |
Where the eye mixes clone and core
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clone vs core
A purely visual mix-up. clone (\klon\) and core (\kɔː\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35583, 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\. core is at rank #16,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔː\.
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 35583, this pair ranks #275,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clone vs core
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "clone": ln. Private to "core": r.
"clone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "core" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clone" and "core" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clone" or "core" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clone" and "core" 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 "core" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clone" and "core" 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 #275,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.