Which to use
“cahiers” and “claviers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,160
- “cahiers” frequency rank
- #16,834
- “claviers” frequency rank
- 23994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cahiers | claviers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cahier. | Pluriel de clavier. |
Where the eye mixes cahiers and claviers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cahiers vs claviers
A purely visual mix-up. cahiers (\ka.je\) and claviers (\kla.vje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cahiers is recorded at frequency rank #7,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.je\. claviers is at rank #16,834, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.vje\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23994, this pair ranks #349,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cahiers vs claviers
Shared letters: aceirs. Private to "cahiers": h. Private to "claviers": lv.
"cahiers" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "claviers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cahiers" and "claviers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cahiers" or "claviers"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cahiers" and "claviers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cahiers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claviers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cahiers" and "claviers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cahiers vs caries". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #349,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.