claque

\klak\

/\klak\/ noun

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The verdict

“claque” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,942
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coup du plat de la main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-claque · claque · French

claque · rank #7,942 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,942
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH ciné

Nearest frequency peer: ciné (-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 « claque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « claque » 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).

claque vs coque
67% similar
claque vs Clare
50% similar
claque vs claus
67% similar

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

Key facts for claque
PropertyValue
Headwordclaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klak\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,942
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « claque »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.claquese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ciné » (#7,941), « clark » (#7,943), « cia » (#7,940). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « claque » est au #7,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around claque (IPA \klak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,942 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for claque, with forms such as "cclaque", "claqeu", and "claqque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coque", "Clare", "claus", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is claque, spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coup du plat de la main.
  2. 2
    Défaite ; échec.
  3. 3
    Grande surprise ; stupéfaction.
  4. 4
    Sandale que l’on attachait par-dessus les souliers afin de les protéger des intempéries.
  5. 5
    Surchaussure protégeant les chaussures de la neige et de l’eau. On dit aussi chaloupe.
  6. 6
    Partie de l’empeigne d’une chaussure qui entoure le pied.
  7. 7
    Troupe de gens qui, dans les salles de spectacles (théâtre, concert, opéra), etc., sont payés pour applaudir au bon moment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’attendant à la paire de claques, prélude de la raclée, l’avant-bras déjà presque levé pour la parade habituelle, Camus en demeura un instant muet de stupéfaction.
  2. « – Qu’est-ce qu’elle fait maman quand elle est pas à l’hôpital ? – Eh ben ! elle dort. – Quand elle dort pas ? – Eh ben ! elle parle ; – quelquefois a’ m’ donne des claques… »

This word in other languages

slap(English)bofetón(Español)Klaps(Deutsch)claque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclaque
  • claqeu
  • claqque
  • clauqe
  • cllaque
  • clqaue
  • lcaque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of claque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cclaque1claqeu2claqque1clauqe2cllaque1clqaue2lcaque2
Edit distance from "claque"

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 "claque"?
"claque" is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klak\.
What does "claque" mean?
As a noun, "claque" means: Coup du plat de la main.
What words are commonly confused with "claque"?
"claque" is commonly confused with "coque", "Clare", "claus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "claque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "claque" is \klak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "claque" come from?
"claque" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

filmer#7,962fonder#7,963virage#7,920violet#7,919

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

brute7 variantsaccuser7 variantsvioler7 variantsgrasse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list