clochette
\klɔ.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“clochette” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #31,890 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,890
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cloche de petite taille.
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 | clochette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɔ.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clochette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for clochette is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for clochette, with forms such as "cclochette", "clcohette", and "cllochette". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "couchette", "clochettes", "cachette", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is clochette, spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cloche de petite taille.
- 2Petite cloche qu’on porte ordinairement à la main.
- 3Petite cloche que les animaux d'élevage portent au cou.
- 4Nom vulgaire de plusieurs plantes qui ont des fleurs en cloche.
- 5(en diverses régions) Fromage de chèvre.
- 6Meuble 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclochette,clcohette,cllochette,clocchette,clocehtte,clochete,clochetet,clochhette,clochtete,clohcette,colchette,lcochette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clochette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “clochette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-O-C-H-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɔ.ʃɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “couchette” - see the side-by-side comparison. clochette vs couchette
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.