claquoir
\kla.kwaʁ\
The verdict
“claquoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Claquette
Corpus desk
Index FR-claquoir · claquoir · French
claquoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claquoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kla.kwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « claquoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
claquoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.kwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
claquoir has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is claquoir, spelled C-L-A-Q-U-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Claquette
- 2Bavardage insignifiant et prolixe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how claquoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petit tableau utilisé lors des prises de vues, indiquant le numéro d’un plan et muni d’un claquoir qui signale le commencement du tournage.
Il y a des claquoirs simples ou doubles, que l'on appelle : claquoirs, battoirs, crécelles ou cricri, routelles, tartarelles ou tourterelles, dont la forme la plus connue est celle de Corbie, qui ressemble à un tonnelet de fer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.