piège à clics
\pjɛ.ʒ‿a klik\
The verdict
“piège à clics” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie un article ou une vidéo dont le titre ou le résumé est exagéré délibérément afin d'attirer davantage de lecteurs ou de spectateurs. Titre aguicheur, racoleur destiné à provoquer un clic.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piège à clics |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pjɛ.ʒ‿a klik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piège à clics” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
piège à clics is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pjɛ.ʒ‿a klik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un article ou une vidéo dont le titre ou le résumé est exagéré délibérément afin d'attirer davantage de lecteurs ou de spectateurs. Titre aguicheur, racoleur destiné à provoquer un clic.".
piège à clics has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is piège à clics, spelled P-I-È-G-E- -À- -C-L-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un article ou une vidéo dont le titre ou le résumé est exagéré délibérément afin d'attirer davantage de lecteurs ou de spectateurs. Titre aguicheur, racoleur destiné à provoquer un clic.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “piège à clics”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-È-G-E- -À- -C-L-I-C-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pjɛ.ʒ‿a klik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.