clés
\kle\
The verdict
“clés” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,666
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de clé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cles · clés · French
clés · rank #2,666 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,666
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH civil
Nearest frequency peer: civil (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “clés”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chevaux
chevaux
97,338 corpus weight
- civil
civil
97,336 corpus weight
- clés
clés
97,335 corpus weight
- connaissent
connaissent
97,334 corpus weight
- disque
disque
97,333 corpus weight
- décret
décret
97,332 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “clés” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clés” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around clés (IPA \kle\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,666 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de clé.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clés, with forms such as "cclés", "cles", and "cllés". 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, "Cs", "CRS", "CPE", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 clés, spelled C-L-É-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de clé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bonne cinquantaine de passagers doivent encore se débarrasser de leurs sacs, clés, bijoux, portables, se déchausser, se déceinturer, se débijouter, avant que ce soit notre tour.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclés
- cles
- cllés
- clsé
- cléss
- céls
- lcés
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clés - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clés", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "clés". Here's where to go from here.
- "clés" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Cs". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,666 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.