climat

\kli.mɑ\

/\kli.mɑ\/ noun

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The verdict

“climat” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,070
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des statistiques décrivant les conditions météorologiques moyennes (température, précipitations, humidité, vent, etc.) et leur variabilité dans une région donnée, observées sur une période...

Corpus desk

Index FR-climat · climat · French

climat · rank #2,070 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,070
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibliothèque

Nearest frequency peer: bibliothèque (-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 « climat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « climat » 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).

climat vs Clint
50% similar
climat vs climats
86% similar
climat vs climate
86% similar

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

Key facts for climat
PropertyValue
Headwordclimat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kli.mɑ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,070
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « climat »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).climatse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bibliothèque » (#2,069), « conflit » (#2,071), « barre » (#2,068). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « climat » est au #2,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around climat (IPA \kli.mɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,070 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for climat, with forms such as "cclimat", "cilmat", and "cliamt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Clint", "climats", "climate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is climat, spelled C-L-I-M-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des statistiques décrivant les conditions météorologiques moyennes (température, précipitations, humidité, vent, etc.) et leur variabilité dans une région donnée, observées sur une période d’au moins 30 ans.
  2. 2
    Pays.
  3. 3
    Atmosphère ; ambiance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’influence des forêts sur le climat ne peut être mise en doute, et il est bien prouvé que depuis deux ou trois siècles le régime météorologique de la France a subi de très grandes variations dues au déboisement.
  2. De tous les passagers, le plus amusant est sans contredit un bon bourgeois de Glasgow qui cherche dans les voyages un remède au spleen que lui cause le climat pluvieux de son pays.

Synonyms

temps

This word in other languages

climate(English)clima(Español)Klima(Deutsch)clima(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclimat
  • cilmat
  • cliamt
  • climatt
  • climmat
  • climta
  • cllimat
  • clmiat
  • lcimat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of climat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cclimat1cilmat2cliamt2climatt1climmat1climta2cllimat1clmiat2
Edit distance from "climat"

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 "climat"?
"climat" is spelled C-L-I-M-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kli.mɑ\.
What does "climat" mean?
As a noun, "climat" means: Ensemble des statistiques décrivant les conditions météorologiques moyennes (température, précipitations, humidité, vent, etc.) et leur variabilité dans une région donnée, observées sur une période...
What words are commonly confused with "climat"?
"climat" is commonly confused with "Clint", "climats", "climate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "climat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "climat" is \kli.mɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "climat" come from?
"climat" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "climat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

mettent9 variantsordres9 variantsmarqué9 variantsdouleur9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list