client

\kli.jɑ̃\

/\kli.jɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“client” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,655
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Romain qui se plaçait sous le patronage d’un citoyen noble ou puissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-client · client · French

client · rank #1,655 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,655
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cheval

Nearest frequency peer: cheval (-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 « client »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « client » 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).

client vs clin
67% similar
client vs Clint
67% similar
client vs clins
67% similar

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

Key facts for client
PropertyValue
Headwordclient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kli.jɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,655
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « client »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clientse 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 « cheval » (#1,654), « conséquences » (#1,656), « certes » (#1,653). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « client » est au #1,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around client (IPA \kli.jɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,655 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for client, with forms such as "cclient", "cilent", and "cleint". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clin", "Clint", "clins", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 client, spelled C-L-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Romain qui se plaçait sous le patronage d’un citoyen noble ou puissant.
  2. 2
    Celui qui use des soins d’un médecin, d’un chirurgien, d’un dentiste, avocat ou autre membre d’une profession libérale.
  3. 3
    Celui qui achète chez un marchand, qui emploie habituellement un artisan, etc.
  4. 4
    Personne avec laquelle l’on se trouve en relation.
  5. 5
    Logiciel transmettant, par réseau, des requêtes à un serveur auquel il est connecté. Le client est l’une des deux composantes d’une application client-serveur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les clients venaient saluer leurs patrons, les accompagnaient, etc.
  2. La classe dirigeante arabe n’était donc pas favorable à la conversion en masse des populations des territoires conquis et les nouveaux musulmans, qui étaient tenus de se rattacher en tant que clients à une kabila (tribu) arabe, étaient assujettis à l'impôt.

Synonyms

consommateurpartenaireacheteurmaître d’ouvragepatient

This word in other languages

customer(English)cliente(Español)Klient(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclient
  • cilent
  • cleint
  • cliennt
  • clientt
  • clietn
  • clinet
  • cllient
  • lcient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cclient1cilent2cleint2cliennt1clientt1clietn2clinet2cllient1
Edit distance from "client"

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 "client"?
"client" is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kli.jɑ̃\.
What does "client" mean?
As a noun, "client" means: Romain qui se plaçait sous le patronage d’un citoyen noble ou puissant.
What words are commonly confused with "client"?
"client" is commonly confused with "clin", "Clint", "clins". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "client"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "client" is \kli.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "client" come from?
"client" 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 "client", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cheval#1,654certes#1,653locaux#1,665monter#1,668

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bataille9 variantsajouter9 variantslogique9 variantstextes9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list