clocher

\klɔ.ʃe\

/\klɔ.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

“clocher” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,224
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment de maçonnerie ou de charpente dans lequel sont suspendues les cloches et qui est ordinairement élevé au-dessus d’une église.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clocher · clocher · French

clocher · rank #14,224 · 11 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,224
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cliente

Nearest frequency peer: cliente (-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 « clocher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clocher » 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).

clocher vs coche
71% similar
clocher vs cocher
86% similar
clocher vs closer
71% similar

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

Key facts for clocher
PropertyValue
Headwordclocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɔ.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,224
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clocher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clocherse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cliente » (#14,223), « Colette » (#14,225), « choquer » (#14,222). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clocher » est au #14,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around clocher (IPA \klɔ.ʃe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,224 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for clocher, with forms such as "cclocher", "clcoher", and "cllocher". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "coche", "cocher", "closer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clocher, spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment de maçonnerie ou de charpente dans lequel sont suspendues les cloches et qui est ordinairement élevé au-dessus d’une église.
  2. 2
    Paroisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah ! c'est Tours. Mais voyez le bel effet que produisent dans le lointain les clochers de la cathédrale.
  2. L'Angélus sonne, dans un village où notre armée n'est pas encore, car notre premier soin, dans chaque clocher, est de couper les cordes

Synonyms

campanile

This word in other languages

bell tower(English)campanario(Español)Glockenturm(Deutsch)campanário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclocher
  • clcoher
  • cllocher
  • cloccher
  • clocehr
  • clocherr
  • clochher
  • clochre
  • clohcer
  • colcher
  • lcocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clocher - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cclocher1clcoher2cllocher1cloccher1clocehr2clocherr1clochher1clochre2
Edit distance from "clocher"

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 "clocher"?
"clocher" is spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \klɔ.ʃe\.
What does "clocher" mean?
As a noun, "clocher" means: Bâtiment de maçonnerie ou de charpente dans lequel sont suspendues les cloches et qui est ordinairement élevé au-dessus d’une église.
What words are commonly confused with "clocher"?
"clocher" is commonly confused with "coche", "cocher", "closer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clocher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clocher" is \klɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clocher" come from?
"clocher" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cliente#14,223Colette#14,225choquer#14,222cachées#14,216

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chanoine11 variantsBradley11 variantsalimente11 variantsflippant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list