cligner des yeux
\kli.ɲe de.z‿jø\
The verdict
“cligner des yeux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fermer et rouvrir l’œil rapidement en rapprochant puis séparant les paupières, ciller.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cligner des yeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kli.ɲe de.z‿jø\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cligner des yeux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cligner des yeux is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kli.ɲe de.z‿jø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fermer et rouvrir l’œil rapidement en rapprochant puis séparant les paupières, ciller.".
cligner des yeux has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 des yeux, spelled C-L-I-G-N-E-R- -D-E-S- -Y-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Fermer et rouvrir l’œil rapidement en rapprochant puis séparant les paupières, ciller.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cligner des yeux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-I-G-N-E-R- -D-E-S- -Y-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kli.ɲe de.z‿jø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.