clac

\klak\

/\klak\/ onomatopoeia

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The verdict

“clac” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,310
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clac · clac · French

clac · rank #36,310 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,310
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH circulaient

Nearest frequency peer: circulaient (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « clac »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « clac » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

clac vs clé
50% similar
clac vs CSA
0% similar
clac vs CNC
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for clac
PropertyValue
Headwordclac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechOnomatopoeia
IPA\klak\
Letters4
Frequency rank#36,310
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clacse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « circulaient » (#36,309), « clémente » (#36,311), « cinquièmes » (#36,308). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clac » est au #36,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around clac (IPA \klak\), anonomatopoeia. Corpus frequency is #36,310 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for clac, with forms such as "calc", "cclac", and "clacc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clé", "CSA", "CNC", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clac, spelled C-L-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how clac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. N’allez pas par là! clacclac… la CHOSE est dans le quartier… clacclacclac…
  2. En bas du chemin Clic clac clic clac Comme ma poupée dans sa poussette Passait par-dessus les fissures Nous partirons très loin.

This word in other languages

clack(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calc
  • cclac
  • clacc
  • clca
  • cllac
  • lcac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clac - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

calc2cclac1clacc1clca2cllac1lcac2
Edit distance from "clac"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clac"?
"clac" is spelled C-L-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \klak\.
What does "clac" mean?
As an onomatopoeia, "clac" means: Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide.
What words are commonly confused with "clac"?
"clac" is commonly confused with "clé", "CSA", "CNC". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clac" is \klak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clac" come from?
"clac" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clac", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blas#36,276bash#36,268Atom#36,255aléa#36,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bully6 variantscrade6 variantsArago6 variantsamara6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list