Which to use
“close” is an adjective and “come” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,842
- “close” frequency rank
- #7,944
- “come” frequency rank
- 18786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | close | come |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de clos. | Chevelure. |
Letter map: close vs come
Shared letters muted; letters that set close and come apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - close and come
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: close is anadjective and comeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
close is recorded at frequency rank #10,842, classified as anadj, pronounced \kloz\. come is at rank #7,944, tagged as anoun.
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 18786, this pair ranks #376,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of close vs come
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "close": ls. Private to "come": m.
"close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "close" for "come" ever safe?
Frequency check: "close" vs "come" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "close" and "come". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "close" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "come" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "close" and "come" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cese vs close". 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 #376,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.