cligner
\kli.ɲe\
The verdict
“cligner” is uncommon French (frequency #55,823 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,823
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer les yeux à demi pour diminuer l’impression d’une lumière trop vive, pour considérer des objets très petits ou éloignés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cligner · cligner · French
cligner · rank #55,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,823
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clouée
Nearest frequency peer: clouée (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cligner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chronophage
chronophage
44,182 corpus weight
- cires
cires
44,181 corpus weight
- cligner
cligner
44,178 corpus weight
- clouée
clouée
44,177 corpus weight
- coccinelles
coccinelles
44,176 corpus weight
- cocker
cocker
44,175 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cligner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cligner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kli.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cligner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cligner is uncommon French at frequency #55,823 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kli.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cligner in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 cligner, spelled C-L-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fermer les yeux à demi pour diminuer l’impression d’une lumière trop vive, pour considérer des objets très petits ou éloignés.
- 2Faire un signe à quelqu’un en remuant la paupière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cligner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et King avait les yeux fixés sur ceux de Bullit et comme il avait le gauche un peu plus rétréci et fendu que le droit, il semblait en cligner.
Le batcha n’osait plus cligner des paupières. Il lui semblait que leur plus rapide et léger battement ferait disparaître ce spectacle, ce rêve…
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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