clause

\kloz\

/\kloz\/ noun

The verdict

“clause” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,164
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposition particulière faisant partie d’un traité, d’un contrat, d’un arrêté, d’une loi ou de tout autre acte public ou particulier, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clause · clause · French

clause · rank #7,164 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,164
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chirac

Nearest frequency peer: Chirac (-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 « clause »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clause » 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).

clause vs close
67% similar
clause vs clous
67% similar
clause vs creusé
50% similar

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

Key facts for clause
PropertyValue
Headwordclause
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kloz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,164
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clause »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clausese 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 « Chirac » (#7,163), « cloud » (#7,165), « cherchait » (#7,162). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clause » est au #7,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around clause (IPA \kloz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Disposition particulière faisant partie d’un traité, d’un contrat, d’un arrêté, d’une loi ou de tout autre acte public ou particulier, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for clause, with forms such as "caluse", "cclause", and "clasue". 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, "close", "clous", "creusé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clause, spelled C-L-A-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposition particulière faisant partie d’un traité, d’un contrat, d’un arrêté, d’une loi ou de tout autre acte public ou particulier, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme le tarif était peu élevé (1 fr. 25 par verso ou par 72 mots ), les solicitors allongèrent leurs actes en y insérant des clauses redondantes, afin de rendre suffisant le montant de leurs honoraires.
  2. Il s’allongea de nouveau, s’ingéniant à rédiger des clauses testamentaires en faveur d’Edna, pour la plupart, […] et à stipuler divers menus legs, avec des codicilles de plus en plus fantasques et extravagants…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caluse
  • cclause
  • clasue
  • claues
  • clausse
  • cllause
  • cluase
  • lcause

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clause - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

caluse2cclause1clasue2claues2clausse1cllause1cluase2lcause2
Edit distance from "clause"

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 "clause"?
"clause" is spelled C-L-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kloz\.
What does "clause" mean?
As a noun, "clause" means: Disposition particulière faisant partie d’un traité, d’un contrat, d’un arrêté, d’une loi ou de tout autre acte public ou particulier, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "clause"?
"clause" is commonly confused with "close", "clous", "creusé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clause"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clause" is \kloz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clause" come from?
"clause" 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 "clause", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list