claquettes

\kla.kɛt\

/\kla.kɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“claquettes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,887
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danse dans laquelle on claque les talons, spécialement conçus pour faire un son.

Corpus desk

Index FR-claquettes · claquettes · French

claquettes · rank #31,887 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,887
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clandestines

Nearest frequency peer: clandestines (-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 « claquettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « claquettes » 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).

claquettes vs croquettes
80% similar

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

Key facts for claquettes
PropertyValue
Headwordclaquettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.kɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,887
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « claquettes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).claquettesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clandestines » (#31,886), « classeur » (#31,888), « clairvoyance » (#31,885). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « claquettes » est au #31,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around claquettes (IPA \kla.kɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,887 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Danse dans laquelle on claque les talons, spécialement conçus pour faire un son.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for claquettes, with forms such as "calquettes", "cclaquettes", and "claqeuttes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "croquettes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is claquettes, spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Danse dans laquelle on claque les talons, spécialement conçus pour faire un son.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La pluie fait des claquettes Sur le trottoir à minuit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calquettes
  • cclaquettes
  • claqeuttes
  • claqquettes
  • claquetes
  • claquetets
  • claquettess
  • claquettse
  • claqutetes
  • clauqettes
  • cllaquettes
  • clqauettes
  • lcaquettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of claquettes - 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.

calquettes2cclaquettes1claqeuttes2claqquettes1claquetes1claquetets2claquettess1claquettse2
Edit distance from "claquettes"

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 "claquettes"?
"claquettes" is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.kɛt\.
What does "claquettes" mean?
As a noun, "claquettes" means: Danse dans laquelle on claque les talons, spécialement conçus pour faire un son.
What words are commonly confused with "claquettes"?
"claquettes" is commonly confused with "croquettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "claquettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "claquettes" is \kla.kɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "claquettes" come from?
"claquettes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list