clochette

/\klɔ.ʃɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,890

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

clochette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cloche de petite taille. Pronounced \klɔ.ʃɛt\. Often confused with couchette and clochettes.

Key facts for clochette
PropertyValue
Headwordclochette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɔ.ʃɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,890
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of clochette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for clochette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \klɔ.ʃɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,890 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for clochette, with forms such as "cclochette", "clcohette", and "cllochette". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "couchette", "clochettes", "cachette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is clochette, spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cloche de petite taille.
  2. 2
    Petite cloche qu’on porte ordinairement à la main.
  3. 3
    Petite cloche que les animaux d'élevage portent au cou.
  4. 4
    Nom vulgaire de plusieurs plantes qui ont des fleurs en cloche.
  5. 5
    (en diverses régions) Fromage de chèvre.
  6. 6
    Meuble représentant une petite cloche dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement utilisée en association avec un autre meuble. Ce qui la distingue de la cloche qui est utilisée seule. Il n'y a pas de représentation fixée. On peut voir parfois l’utilisation de la cloche du vair. À rapprocher de cloche, grelot et grillet.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclochette,clcohette,cllochette,clocchette,clocehtte,clochete,clochetet,clochhette,clochtete,clohcette,colchette,lcochette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clochette

Misspelling Variants of "clochette"

cclochette10clcohette9cllochette10clocchette10clocehtte9clochete8clochetet9clochhette10
Misspelling Variants of "clochette"

Frequency rank: #31,890 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clochette"?
"clochette" is spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klɔ.ʃɛt\.
What does "clochette" mean?
As a noun, "clochette" means: Cloche de petite taille.
What words are commonly confused with "clochette"?
"clochette" is commonly confused with "couchette", "clochettes", "cachette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clochette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clochette" is \klɔ.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clochette" come from?
"clochette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.