Which to use
“clown” and “corn” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,974
- “clown” frequency rank
- #16,103
- “corn” frequency rank
- 25077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clown | corn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acteur qui, dans les cirques, fait des exercices d’équilibre et de souplesse tout en jouant un rôle bouffon. Il porte habituellement un accoutrement grotesque. | Corne. |
Letter map: clown vs corn
Shared letters muted; letters that set clown and corn apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - clown / corn
clown and corn are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clown is recorded at frequency rank #8,974, classified as anoun, pronounced \klun\. corn is at rank #16,103, 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 25077, this pair ranks #342,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clown vs corn
Shared letters: cno. Private to "clown": lw. Private to "corn": r.
"clown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "corn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clown" and "corn" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "clown" or "corn"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clown" and "corn".
- Full dictionary entry for "clown" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clown" and "corn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciro vs corn". 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 #342,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.