Which to use
“clone” and “côte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,481
- “clone” frequency rank
- #1,288
- “côte” frequency rank
- 20769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clone | côte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des êtres vivants issus, par voie asexuée, d’un seul individu et possédant son patrimoine génétique. | Chacun des os qui forment la cage thoracique. |
Where the eye mixes clone and côte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clone vs côte
A purely visual mix-up. clone (\klon\) and côte (\kot\) 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 20769, 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\. côte is at rank #1,288, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kot\.
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 20769, this pair ranks #366,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clone vs côte
Shared letters: ce. Private to "clone": lno. Private to "côte": tô.
"clone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "côte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clone ← cclone · cllone · clnoe · cloen · clonne · colne · lcone
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clone" and "côte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clone" vs "côte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "côte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clone" and "côte" 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 #366,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.