cloître

\klwatʁ\

/\klwatʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cloître” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,235
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’un monastère qu’une clôture sépare du reste du bâtiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cloitre · cloître · French

cloître · rank #19,235 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,235
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chorégraphe

Nearest frequency peer: chorégraphe (-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 « cloître »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cloître » 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).

cloître vs clore
71% similar
cloître vs contre
71% similar
cloître vs croire
57% similar

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

Key facts for cloître
PropertyValue
Headwordcloître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klwatʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,235
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cloître »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cloîtrese 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 « chorégraphe » (#19,234), « coaching » (#19,236), « cherry » (#19,233). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cloître » est au #19,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cloître (IPA \klwatʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,235 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cloître, with forms such as "ccloître", "clloître", and "cloitre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "clore", "contre", "croire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cloître, spelled C-L-O-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’un monastère qu’une clôture sépare du reste du bâtiment.
  2. 2
    Partie d’un monastère qui est faite en forme de galeries, avec un jardin ou un préau au milieu.
  3. 3
    Monastère.
  4. 4
    Enceinte de maisons où logeaient autrefois les chanoines des églises cathédrales ou collégiales.
  5. 5
    Édifice qui entoure une cour fermée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le démon, au contraire, a envoyé dans les cloîtres des monastères la faim et la soif d’entendre les paroles des hommes et les bruits du monde, en sorte qu’occupés d’un vain parlage, nous repoussions d’autant plus la parole divine, […].
  2. Un cloître est fort bien situé auprès d’une église ; il ménage heureusement la transition de la tranquillité du sanctuaire à l’agitation de la cité. On peut aller s’y promener, rêver, réfléchir, sans toutefois être astreint à suivre les prières et les cérémonies du culte ; les catholiques entrent dans le temple, les chrétiens restent plus souvent dans le…

This word in other languages

cloister(English)claustro(Español)Kreuzgang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccloître
  • clloître
  • cloitre
  • clotîre
  • cloîrte
  • cloîter
  • cloîtrre
  • cloîttre
  • clîotre
  • colître
  • lcoître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cloître - 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.

ccloître1clloître1cloitre1clotîre2cloîrte2cloîter2cloîtrre1cloîttre1
Edit distance from "cloître"

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 "cloître"?
"cloître" is spelled C-L-O-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klwatʁ\.
What does "cloître" mean?
As a noun, "cloître" means: Partie d’un monastère qu’une clôture sépare du reste du bâtiment.
What words are commonly confused with "cloître"?
"cloître" is commonly confused with "clore", "contre", "croire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cloître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cloître" is \klwatʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cloître" come from?
"cloître" 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 "cloître", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cockpit#19,237cachant#19,228cabanes#19,227couplet#19,248

Similar misspelling depth

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

coquilles11 variantsdemeures11 variantsbavarois11 variantsdesserts11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list