Which to use
“clown” and “coin” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,399
- “clown” frequency rank
- #41,891
- “coin” frequency rank
- 83290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clown | coin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | palhaço | plural de cù |
Where the eye mixes clown and coin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clown runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against coin's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clown vs coin
A purely visual mix-up. clown (/klun/) and coin (/konʲ/) 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 83290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clown is recorded at frequency rank #41,399, classified as anoun, pronounced /klun/. coin is at rank #41,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced /konʲ/.
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 83290, this pair ranks #926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clown vs coin
Shared letters: cno. Private to "clown": lw. Private to "coin": i.
"clown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "coin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clown" and "coin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "clown" or "coin" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clown" and "coin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clown" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clown" and "coin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coice 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 #926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.