clé anglaise
\kle ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\
The verdict
“clé anglaise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clé dont la tête de serrage comporte une crémaillère permettant de régler l’écartement des mors, de la mâchoire mobile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cle-anglaise · clé anglaise · French
clé anglaise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | clé anglaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clé anglaise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clé anglaise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kle ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clé dont la tête de serrage comporte une crémaillère permettant de régler l’écartement des mors, de la mâchoire mobile.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clé anglaise, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 clé anglaise, spelled C-L-É- -A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Clé dont la tête de serrage comporte une crémaillère permettant de régler l’écartement des mors, de la mâchoire mobile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clé anglaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En regardant à travers le portail disjoint, il sentit que le vent ravivait la présence de son père penché sur la vieille Renault, capot ouvert, manches retroussées, inspectant les bielles, les bougies ou toute autre diablerie, avec un chiffon et une baguette, et Gonzalo derrière lui, bout de chou attentif à ses indications pour lui donner une clé anglaise…
Synonyms
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.