clope

\klɔp\

/\klɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“clope” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,929
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mégot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clope · clope · French

clope · rank #12,929 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,929
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH châtelet

Nearest frequency peer: châtelet (-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 « clope »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clope » 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).

clope vs CPE
0% similar
clope vs cop
60% similar
clope vs coe
60% similar

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

Key facts for clope
PropertyValue
Headwordclope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɔp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,929
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clope »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clopese 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 « châtelet » (#12,928), « cerveaux » (#12,927), « comète » (#12,931). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clope » est au #12,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around clope (IPA \klɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,929 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clope, with forms such as "cclope", "cllope", and "cloep". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CPE", "cop", "coe", 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 clope, spelled C-L-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mégot.
  2. 2
    Cigarette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un personnage du feuilleton radiophonique Sur le banc, interprété par Raymond Souplex et Jeanne Sourza, était surnommé « le six clopes » parce que le clou placé au bout de son bâton lui permettait de piquer au sol jusqu’à six mégots (alors qu’il était borgne).
  2. Là, tous ceux qui fumaient ont allumé leurs clopes avec le mégot.

This word in other languages

stub(English)colilla(Español)Glimmstängel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclope
  • cllope
  • cloep
  • cloppe
  • clpoe
  • colpe
  • lcope

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cclope1cllope1cloep2cloppe1clpoe2colpe2lcope2
Edit distance from "clope"

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 "clope"?
"clope" is spelled C-L-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klɔp\.
What does "clope" mean?
As a noun, "clope" means: Mégot.
What words are commonly confused with "clope"?
"clope" is commonly confused with "CPE", "cop", "coe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clope" is \klɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clope" come from?
"clope" 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 "clope", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

corne#12,941votée#12,885versa#12,883helen#12,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

grès7 variantsSéoul7 variantssummer7 variantssemer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list