clap
\klap\
The verdict
“clap” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,906
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil de cinématographie composé de deux planchettes reliées par une charnière, que l'on filme en train d'être rabattu, et en enregistre simultanément le son du claquement sec, en début de séquence...
Corpus desk
Index FR-clap · clap · French
clap · rank #24,906 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,906
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH circle
Nearest frequency peer: circle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “clap”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chœurs
chœurs
75,098 corpus weight
- cigares
cigares
75,097 corpus weight
- circle
circle
75,096 corpus weight
- clap
clap
75,095 corpus weight
- closer
closer
75,094 corpus weight
- coiffer
coiffer
75,093 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “clap” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clap |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klap\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “clap” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around clap (IPA \klap\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,906 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Outil de cinématographie composé de deux planchettes reliées par une charnière, que l'on filme en train d'être rabattu, et en enregistre simultanément le son du claquement sec, en début de séquence...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for clap, with forms such as "calp", "cclap", and "clapp". 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, "CP", "clé", "cup", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is clap, spelled C-L-A-P.
Definition
- 1Outil de cinématographie composé de deux planchettes reliées par une charnière, que l'on filme en train d'être rabattu, et en enregistre simultanément le son du claquement sec, en début de séquence de tournage, ceci permettant une synchronisation ultérieure de l'image et du son.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le clap a retenti et les acteurs entrent en scène devant la caméra vidéo de Christophe, un éducateur spécialisé passionné d’image et de mise en scène.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- calp
- cclap
- clapp
- cllap
- clpa
- lcap
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clap - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clap", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "clap". Here's where to go from here.
- "clap" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "CP". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,906 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.