clique

\klik\

/\klik\/ noun

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The verdict

“clique” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,969
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clique · clique · French

clique · rank #9,969 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,969
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commencement

Nearest frequency peer: commencement (+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 « clique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clique » 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).

clique vs coque
67% similar
clique vs craque
67% similar
clique vs croque
67% similar

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

Key facts for clique
PropertyValue
Headwordclique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klik\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,969
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cliquese 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 « commencement » (#9,970), « canadiennes » (#9,967), « communisme » (#9,971). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clique » est au #9,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around clique (IPA \klik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,969 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for clique, with forms such as "cclique", "cilque", and "cliqeu". 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, "coque", "craque", "croque", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is clique, spelled C-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête.
  2. 2
    Bande d’amis.
  3. 3
    Dans un graphe, sous-ensemble de sommets deux-à-deux adjacents.
  4. 4
    Batterie-fanfare, formation musicale de cuivres et de tambours.
  5. 5
    Personne sans morale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par Thiers et sa hideuse clique Ce vieux mur fut tigré de sang.
  2. « Jacques Sorbier a fait plus pour la littérature française, avec son seul roman, que toute la clique des romanciers essoufflés et retors de ces vingt dernières années ! »

This word in other languages

clique(English)pandilla(Español)comitiva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclique
  • cilque
  • cliqeu
  • cliqque
  • cliuqe
  • cllique
  • clqiue
  • lcique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cclique1cilque2cliqeu2cliqque1cliuqe2cllique1clqiue2lcique2
Edit distance from "clique"

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 "clique"?
"clique" is spelled C-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klik\.
What does "clique" mean?
As a noun, "clique" means: Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête.
What words are commonly confused with "clique"?
"clique" is commonly confused with "coque", "craque", "croque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clique" is \klik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clique" come from?
"clique" 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 "clique", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

culotte8 variantsVichy8 variantsfinesse8 variantsteinte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list