Which to use
“close” and “clown” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,457
- “close” frequency rank
- #41,399
- “clown” frequency rank
- 50856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | close | clown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomada realizada com um dispositivo filmador ou fotográfico em que se enche o enquadramento com o objeto filmado ou fotografado através do zum ou aproximando o dispositivo filmador ou fotográfico | palhaço |
Letter map: close vs clown
Shared letters muted; letters that set close and clown apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - close / clown
close and clown are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
close is recorded at frequency rank #9,457, classified as anoun. clown is at rank #41,399, tagged as anoun, pronounced /klun/.
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 50856, this pair ranks #14,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of close vs clown
Shared letters: clo. Private to "close": es. Private to "clown": nw.
"close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "close" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clown" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "close" and "clown" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clown vs coin". 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 #14,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.