claque
/ˈklæk/noun
claque is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, claque means “A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of claque is claques.
How many letters and syllables are in claque?
| Letters | 6: C-L-A-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is claque?
Claque appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce claque?
- US /ˈklæk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-claque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with claque
Sounds like: clack (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with claque?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as claque from its last stressed vowel (/æk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: calque.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of claque
- claques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does claque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
- 2
A group of fawning admirers.
- 3
A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Claque in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does claque come from?
Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).