clin
\klɛ̃\
The verdict
“clin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,619
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clignement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clin · clin · French
clin · rank #9,619 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,619
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clic
Nearest frequency peer: clic (-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 « clin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- chinoises
chinoises
90,385 corpus weight
- cire
cire
90,384 corpus weight
- clic
clic
90,383 corpus weight
- clin
clin
90,382 corpus weight
- cohen
cohen
90,381 corpus weight
- commissaires
commissaires
90,380 corpus weight
What this shows « clin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | clin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around clin (IPA \klɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,619 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clignement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for clin, with forms such as "cclin", "ciln", and "clinn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CN", "con", "cri", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is clin, spelled C-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Clignement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sors de ta chrysalide d'argile, ô mon Ame, et sous ta fâmée forme de satane, allons voir les asperges de mai danser aux clins d'argent de ton regard malin!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclin
- ciln
- clinn
- cllin
- clni
- lcin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).